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1 Gros - Henry II and Amaury
| Issuer | Cyprus, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1306-1310 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central Jerusalem cross composed of a large cross with a small square at the center and a smaller cross in each of the four quarters, all contained within an inner beaded circle. The legend HENRIC' IRL'M E CIPRI REX runs in Latin between the inner beaded circle and an outer beaded border at the rim, identifying Henry II as King of Jerusalem and Cyprus. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry II of Cyprus was briefly deposed in 1306 by his brother Amaury of Tyre, who seized power as "Governor of Cyprus" backed by the Knights Templar — a coup that produced this joint-name coinage and one of the stranger constitutional arrangements in Crusader history. Henry was exiled to Cilician Armenia. He returned in 1310, had Amaury assassinated, and resumed sole rule, ending the type abruptly after roughly four years of production.
The political instability of the interregnum likely kept mintage modest.