James II The [c] (1460-1473) Crusader States Of Cyprus

I have the Crusader States catalogue by Malloy et al.

I would concur with your ID, a copper sezin of James II of Cyprus. None of the other kings of Cyprus issued copper sezins; according to contemporary historians, James II was bankrupt after conquering Cyprus in 1460 so for the first few years of his reign he struck only copper carzias and sezins (six-carzia-pieces) from copper seized from the bath-houses and residences. Malloy lists five different varieties of sezin, differing only by the legends. Unfortunately, I can't read enough of the legends on your coin to definitively pick a variety. I think it's Malloy 165, with reverse legend +X REX IDERUSAIS.

if it came off that easily I would go for some cleaning AR.

i don't know a thing about it either, but I've been digging these medieval coins you guys have been posting.

This is awesome.

The word "B astard" was not an insult till the reign of queen Victoria.
In medieval times was very usual that the "s" and "legitimous" children grow together under the care of the legal wife.
Sometimes you can see an oblicous band that cross the shield, this is called "bar sinister" or more accurately "bend sinister", as an example in Spain, our King Phillip II had a "" brother, son of his father Charles I...
His name was Juan de Austria, and his position was so hight that he comanded the combined fleet that defeated the turks at the naval battle of Lepanto (or Naupacktos in Greece).
This nickname was only to mark a difference with another regent...
Ah, just another thing, in Spain we have had real "" kings, concretelly Peter I of Castille, nicknamed "the cruel".