LOT 3627
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
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. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.(2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I BI Denier. 1198/9-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Sis mint, struck for use in Antioch, 1198-1219. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA, cross pattée / ✠ RЄX ARMЄИOR, crowned head facing. AC 281; CCA 9; MAC 33; CCS 133a. 0.94gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Oshin AR Takvorin. 1307-1320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Sis mint. ⧾ ԱՒՇԻՆ [...]ԱՅ, King on horseback to right, head facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre in his right hand, Յ (retrograde) before, L beneath horse's fore hoof / ⧾ ՇԻՆԱԾ Է ԻԱՂԱ[...], lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, long cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1928. 2.60gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Three [3] Crusaders, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus BI Denier. 13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various kings. 1.47gr total.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
