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LOT 3629
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Oshin AR Takvorin. 1307-1320.
Sis mint. ⧾ ԱՒՇԻՆ [...]ԱՅ, King on horseback to right, head facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre in his right hand, Յ (retrograde) before, L beneath horse's fore hoof / ⧾ ՇԻՆԱԾ Է ԻԱՂԱ[...], lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, long cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1928. Near Very Fine.(2.60gr, 20mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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