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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Comnen Dynasty| > |Isaac Comnenus of Cyprus| > SH59458
Byzantine Empire, Isaac Comnenus, Usurper in Cyprus, 1184 - 1191 A.D.
|Isaac| |Comnenus| |of| |Cyprus|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Isaac| |Comnenus,| |Usurper| |in| |Cyprus,| |1184| |-| |1191| |A.D.|, Isaac Comnenus maintained independent rule in Cyprus for 7 years. He was defeated by Richard the Lionheart of England during the third crusade. Isaac was imprisoned and Cyprus was never recovered by the Byzantine Empire.
SH59458. Billon aspron trachy, CLBC I 6.21 (R2); DOC IV-1 2; SBCV 1991, aF, scyphate, soft strike, primary (Nicosia?) mint, weight 3.419g, maximum diameter 28.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 1187 - 1191; obverse the Virgin, nimbate, seated facing on throne without back, nimbate head of infant Christ on breast, MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse IC-AA-KIOC - [OΓEWPΓ]IOC (circular on left, columnar on right), Isaac (on left) and St. George stand facing full-length holding patriarchal cross on globus in center, Isaac crowned, in imperial dress, anexikakia in right; Saint nimbate, in military attire, sword in left; rare; SOLD










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