Pope Collection (Crusader States)
Lot 3697 Session 12 (11.30am Friday) Pope Collection (Crusader States)
Estimate $350
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SOLD $240
JERUSALEM, Latin Kingdom, Guy of Lusignan (1186-1190), AE fractional denier, obv. [+REX GUIDO D], crowned bust facing, rev. [+E IERUSALEM], Church of the Holy Sepulchre with round dome, (MPS 32 [p.77], Metcalf 628 [Pl.24]. Fine and rare.
Malloy attributes this coin to the Latin Kingdom, whereas Metcalf puts it as Cyprus. Under King Guy, the crusaders lost the crucial battle of the Horns of Hattin to Saleh-ed-din, leading to the loss of the city of Jerusalem. Guy was later to purchase the Island of Cyprus from the Templars, to whom Richard the Lionheart had sold it. Guy's descendants ruled Cyprus for another 250 years.
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