v08_1229 - CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - PIERRE I Demi-gros ou petit gros c. 1370-1380 Nicosie

CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - PIERRE I Demi-gros ou petit gros c. 1370-1380 Nicosie XF

MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 76.22 €

Type : Demi-gros ou petit gros

Date: c. 1370-1380

Mint name / Town : Nicosia

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 2,38 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur flan court. Monnaie tréflée au droit. Frappe bien venue au revers. Patine foncée de collection

Catalogue references :

CCS.83 p. 287 - Metcalf777 var. (32/777 var.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : PI-ER[ ROI D]E.

Obverse description : Pierre Ier assis de face sur un grand siège, couronné et portant un grand manteau, tenant une épée de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; à la gauche de ses pieds, un bouclier.

Obverse translation : (Pierre, roi de).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DE IERV3ALEM: E D[E] CH[...].

Reverse description : Croix de Jérusalem portant en cœur un carré évidé contenant une croix, cantonnée de quatre croisettes.

Reverse translation : (De Jérusalem et de Chypre).

Historical background

CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - PIERRE I

(1359-1369)

Cyprus, a Byzantine possession, was quasi-autonomous until the third crusade when Richard the Lionheart seized it in 1191. The following year, he sold it to Guy de Lusignan, the last king of Jerusalem in title, who had been driven from the Holy Land after the defeat of Hattin in 1187 against Saladin and the siege of Acre the previous year. The island was to remain in the hands of the Crusaders until the year 1473. There were two workshops in Cyprus, Famagusta and Nicosia. Pierre I succeeded Hugues IV de Lusignan in 1359. In October 1365 he launched an offensive against Alexandria with contingents from Cyprus, Rhodes and Europe. Peter II took the city and plundered it before leaving it four days later. He was assassinated on January 17, 1369 and his son Pierre II succeeded him under the regency of Jean, brother of Pierre I..