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ID number: BIRBI-CR054 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Henry II of Cyprus; Cyprus Denomination: Gros Place made: Cyprus Culture: Medieval Date made: 1313-1324 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 0336; bt A. H. Baldwin & Son iii.1963. |

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Description: Obverse: King seated facing, wearing Western crown, holding globus cruciger in l. hand and staff topped by fleur de lis in r., a cross in field at r. Reverse: Cross of Jerusalem, with small crosses in each angle, in circle of points with legend around.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + hϵN[…]ϵI Dϵ (Henry King of). Reverse: + IϵRVSAL'M ϵ D ChI[…] (Jerusalem and of Cyprus).
Bibliography: CCS p. 283 no. 64
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