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 ? - Richard the Lionheart
| Issuer | Kingdom of Cyprus (Crusader and Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1181-1192 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Denier |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Richard I acquired Cyprus in 1191 during the Third Crusade — not by strategic design but by accident. A storm drove several of his ships, including one carrying his betrothed Berengaria of Navarre, onto the island's coast, whereupon the island's ruler Isaac Komnenos seized the survivors and their cargo. Richard responded by conquering the entire island in under three weeks. He sold it first to the Knights Templar, then to Guy de Lusignan when the Templars found it ungovernable. The Denier attributable to Richard's brief Cypriot lordship falls within the narrowest possible window of legitimate authority before the Lusignan dynasty took hold.