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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.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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