CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Amaury, prince of Tyre. Usurper, 1306-1310. AR Gros (28mm, 4.38 g, 7h). Famagusta mint. + AmALRIC’ TIRЄnSI’ DOmInU’/CIPRI GuBЄRnATO’ Є’ RЄT’, crowned lion rampant left / + IRL’m ЄT CIPRI RЄGI’ FILIu, conjoined coats-of-arms of Jerusalem and Cyprus; tendrils around; pellet on each S. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 175 ; M&P 1-3 (dies E/f); Metcalf, Crusades 672; Schlumberger –; CCS 44. Toned. Good VF. Great metal for issue. Very rare.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Sovereign Rarities, January 2017. Ex Bonhams (14 December 2011), lot 505.