Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation: Coin of Queen Catherine Cornaro and King James II (1473)
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JPEG
Contributor
Start date
1473
End date
1473
Historical period
Late Byzantine Period
Description
Obv: Crowned shield with the emblems of the kingdom of Jerusalem, the Lusignans, the King of Armenia and the Kingdom of Cyprus.
KA[TERIA D GR] IRM CP AR
Rev: Cross of Jerusalem,
IACOB[9 DGR] IRM CIP A T9
Countermarks: the value 8 soldia; the control authority number 1; four circuferential circular seals with a pellet in centre.
Language
lat
Physical type
Size
2.58 gm, 24 mm, axis 3:00
Material and technique
Project
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