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LOT 3393
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Gosdantin IV AR Takvorin. 1365-1373. Sis mint.
✠ ԿՈՍՏԸՆԴԻՆ ԹԱ[…], King on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre / ✠ […]ԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻ[…], lion advancing to right, long Latin cross behind. Cf. Bedoukian 2291. Near Very Fine.(1.85gr, 20mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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