★ The End of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus ★

CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Catherine Cornaro. 1473-1489. AR Gros (25mm, 3.10 g, 8h). + KΛTRΛ VENΛETΛ REN, Catharine enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; P to left; double annulet stops / + IERVA V(retrograde E)m (retrograde crescent)IRI [annulet] ET [(annulet) VΛ (annulet)] MIA, Jerusalem Cross. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 394 (for type, but issue of Henry II) ; M&P Type B, 11 (dies B2/e); Metcalf, Crusades, –; cf. Schlumberger, pl. VII, 26 (for type); CCS 174. Toned. VF. Rare.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, III.