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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Germany. Münster (Bistum), Everhard von Diest AR Pfennig. 1275-1301.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Undated. Inscription off flan, bishop seated facing, wearing mitre and holding crosier and book / [PAVL]-VS AP-OST[O], facing bust of St Paul, cross above, x flanking; all within triangle. Ilisch XIII.1; Grote 36. 1.20gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon I AR Tram. 1199-1219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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. 2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
