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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, Hetoum I, with Zabel AR Tram. 1226-1270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅ, crowned lion to right holding long cross / ԿԱՐՈՈՈՒԹ ԻԱԱՅ Ե, Zabel and Hetoum standing facing, holding long cross between. Cf. AC 337-339. 2.70gr, 21mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hungary. Bela III AE Follis. 1172-1196. Imitation of Islamic Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin / Garbled Arabic legends in centre and in margin. Huszár 73. 1.76gr, 23mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Italy, Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Soranzo AR Grosso. Doge LI, 1312-1328.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XV flanking / IO • S•VPANTIO DVX S • M • VЄNЄTI •, Doge, on the left, standing facing, receiving banner from Saint Mark, on the right, standing facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand. Paolucci 2. 1.94gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
