Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier - Henry I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Cyprus |
|---|---|
| Year | 1218-1253 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a stylized tower or castle, representing the royal stronghold of Cyprus, is depicted centrally in the field. The surrounding legend +RЄX CVPRI, reading 'King of Cyprus' in Latin, encircles the design between two beaded borders. The device is rendered in the crude but distinctive manner of Lusignan-period hammered coinage, with the castle serving as the dynastic and territorial emblem of the Kingdom of Cyprus. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Nicosia |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Henry I came to the throne of Cyprus as an infant in 1218, with the island governed by a succession of regents through the 1220s and into the 1230s. These deniers were struck throughout that long minority as well as into Henry's personal rule — meaning a single coin type spans both regency administration and the king's own governance, an unusual continuity for a medieval Frankish state navigating the turbulent politics of the Levantine crusader world.