LOT 3630
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.41gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Armenia, Cilician Armenia. Hetoum II AE Kardez. 1289-1293, 1295-1296, and 1301-1305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Sis mint. 'Hetoum King of Armenians' in Armenian, crowned head facing / 'Struck in the city of Sis' in Armenian, patriarchal cross terminating in floral scroll. AC 398. 4.28gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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, Hetoum I AE Kardez. 1226-1270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 4.97gr, 22mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
