Henry II

Coin

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Brenny_Kay

Name/Title

Henry II

Entry/Object ID

084

Description

Henry II of Cyprus is known as the last King of Jerusalem I gave this coin to Liz when we went to the Youngies Pirate themed murder mystery night. It was in my junk pile as it was obviously not an ancient coin. I put it up on the medieval coins subreddit and found out it was a $200 coin! Liz kindly agreed to give it back

Mintage

Date made

1310 CE - 1324 CE

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

The King sitting on a curule chair with foreparts of lions. He holds a sceptre in right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. Inscription around it and a solid ring on the rim.

Transcription

+ HENRI | REI DE

Translation

Henry King Of

Reverse

Description

Cross of jerusalem (large cross with a square in the centre, with smaller crosses in each quarter part), surrounded by a beaded ring. Another beaded ring on the rim, with the inscription between the rings.

Transcription

+ IERVSALEM ED CHIPR,

Translation

Jerusalem and Cyprus

Currency

Gros

Grading

Grade

3

Grader

Brenny Kay

Dimensions

Diameter

24.77 mm

Weight

4.47 g

Web Links and URLs

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces86716.html