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.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III AR Denier. 1143-1163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée within circle / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. CCS 4. 1.01gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Armenia. Cilician Armenia, Oshin AR Takvorin. 1307-1320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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. 2.60gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
