Catalog
1 Gros - Charlotte
| Issuer | Cyprus, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1458-1459 |
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| Currency | Denier (1192-1489) |
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| Reverse description | Jerusalem cross occupying the central field, consisting of a large cross potent with a square at the centre and a smaller cross in each quadrant, all contained within a beaded inner circle. A second beaded circle runs along the rim, with the reverse legend inscribed in the annular space between the two beaded rings. The lettering is in uncial script, characteristic of Lusignan-period Cypriot silver coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Charlotte of Lusignan's reign lasted barely a year before her half-brother James II, backed by Mamluk support from Egypt, seized the throne and drove her into a decades-long exile. These gros were struck during that narrow window of legitimate rule, making them among the shortest-tenured issues of the Lusignan dynasty. James would go on to take Famagusta in 1464 with a Mamluk-supplied army, effectively ending Charlotte's claim in practice if not in her own estimation — she continued pressing her case with European courts until her death in 1487.