LOT 3632
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I AE Kardez. 1226-1270.
King seated facing on wide bench, legs crossed, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; star in left field / Cross pattée; short lines in three quarters, crescent in first quarter. AC 363. Very Fine.(4.97gr, 22mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sis mint. ⧾ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳ]ԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ, King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, uncertain letter and Մ across field / ⧾ ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի [ՔԱՂԱՔՆ] ԻՍԻՍ, lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1954 or 1963. 2.41gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III AR Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée within circle / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. CCS 4. 1.01gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Sis mint. ✠ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ ("Levon, king of the Armenians"), Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, his feet resting on footstool, wearing royal mantle on his shoulders, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and lis-tipped sceptre in his left / ✠ ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈԻԾՈՅ ("By the will of God"), two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between. CCA 123ff. 2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
