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1 Gros - James II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1460-1473 |
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| Currency | Denier (1192-1489) |
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| Obverse lettering | IA COBO DEI G |
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| Mintage | ND (1460-1473) |
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James II seized the Cypriot throne in 1460 after deposing his half-sister Charlotte with the military backing of the Egyptian Mamluk sultanate — an arrangement that left Cyprus effectively a Mamluk tributary state for the duration of his reign. The gros issues of this period reflect a kingdom caught between Latin tradition and eastern obligation, continuing the coinage conventions established under the Lusignan dynasty while the political ground shifted dramatically beneath them.
James died in 1473, and his posthumous son James III survived only a year, ending the male Lusignan line entirely and opening Cyprus to Venetian annexation.