1192
- 1489: Rule by the Frankish Lusignan dynasty
LUSIGNAN COINS
LUSIGNAN COINS
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Photographs by Mr. A.G. Pitsillides s.t. The history of money in Cyprus began over 2,500 years ago when the first Cypriot coin, which was silver, was minted in the 6th century BC by the then king of Salamis, Evelthon. About one-and-a-half centuries later, the first gold coin was minted by Evagoras A, also king of Salamis.
The various conquerors that ruled Cyprus from time to time introduced their own monetary unit to the island. Hence, among other monetary units, the stater, the obol, Roman and Byzantine coins, the gross, the dinar, the cartzi, the para, the piastre and the pound have been used as Cyprus’ currency
De Lusignan
1192 - 1194: Guy de Lusignan: 1 Billon denier
1194 - 1205: Amaury
1205 - 1218: Hugh (Hugues) I
1218 - 1253: Henri I
1253 - 1267: Hugh (Hugues) II
Chatillon (Antioch)
1267 - 1284: Hugh (Hugues) III
1284 - 1285: Jean I
1285 - 1306: Henry II: 2 Silver gros
1306 - 1310: Amaury (Almaric) of Tyre
1310 - 1324: Henri II (reassumed)
1324 - 1359: Hugh IV: 3 Silver gros
1324 - 1359: Hugh IV Silver half gros
1359 - 1369: Peter (Pierre) I: 4 Silver gros
1369 - 1382: Peter II: 5 Silver gros
1382 - 1398: James (Jacques) I: 6 Silver gros
1398 - 1432: Janus: 7 Silver gros
1432 - 1458: John (Jean) II: 8 Silver gros
1458 - 1464 (†1487): Charlotte: 9 Silver gros
1464 - 1473: James (Jacques) II: 10 Silver gros
1473 - 1474: James (Jacques) III: 11 Silver gros
Cornari
1474 - 1489: Catherine Cornaro: 12 Silver gros
Extra: Silver "penny" of King Lyvon II,
1185(7?) - 1219, Kingdom of Lesser Armenia
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MEDIEVAL COINAGES: THE CRUSADERS - Numismatic Bibliography:
• Brown, J. D. COINAGE IN THE LATIN EAST. (British Archaeological Reports, International Series No. 77.) Oxford: BAR, 1980.
• Hodziotis, Costa C. THE ACHAEAN COINAGE OF JEAN DE GRAVINA. London: V. C. Vecchi & Sons, 1976.
• Malloy, Alex G.; Preston, Irene Fraley; and Seltman, A. J. COINS OF THE CRUSADER STATES, 1098-1291: INCLUDING THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND ITS VASSAL STATES OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE, THE LUSIGNAN KINGDOM OF CYPRUS (1192-1489), AND THE LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS VASSAL STATES OF GREECE AND THE ARCHIPELAGO. Ed. Allen Berman. New York: Attic Books, 1994.
• Metcalf, D. M. THE SILVER COINAGE OF CYPRUS. (Corpus of Lusignan Coinage V. 2.) Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre, 1996.
• Waage, Dorothy B. ANTIOCH-ON-THE-ORONTES. VOL. IV, PART 2: GREEK, ROMAN, BYZANTINE AND CRUSADERS' COINS. (The Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Vicinity.) Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952.