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LOT 3389
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Levon IV AR Takvorin. 1320-1341. Sis mint.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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