400, Lot: 709. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Henry I or Henry II. 1218-1253 or 1285-1324. Æ Fractional Denier (19mm, 1.36 g, 8h). Uncertain (Nicosia?) mint. + hЄNRIC[V]S :, cross pattée / Fortified gateway with three crenelated towers and arched entrance; [RЄX above entrance]. M&P pl. 32, 5 (Henry II; same dies); Metcalf, Crusades 660-1 (Henry I); CCS 28 (Henry I). Fine, earthen dark green patina.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.3 (April 1998), no. 1861.