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LOT 3394
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. Near Extremely Fine. Edge chipped.(2.88gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341. Sis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, Ճ and Մ across field / Lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross. Cf. Bedoukian 1973. 2.05gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III BI Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄH, tower of David / BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée. Cf. CCS 15. 1.07gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Bulgaria. Second Empire, Ivan Aleksandar AR Gros. Struck circa 1337/8-1347/8. Veliko Turnovo mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left; to left and right, IC XC / Ivan Aleksandar standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left hand; to left and right, monograms. Cf. Dochev, Katalog 2070; Raduchev & Zhekov 1.13.1-2. 1.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack; edge chipped.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
