| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3259 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 624 USD / 577 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Follis (Bronze, 17 mm, 1.05 g, 1 h), Sis, but intended for circulation in Antiochia, early 13th century. Knight on horseback galloping to left, holding banner in his left hand. Rev. Cross potent with A / N / T / O in angles. CCS p. 234, 135. Metcalf, Crusades, 483. Porteous -. Wäckerlin -. Very rare and of great historical interest. Deposits and with light cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin was minted in Sis by Levon I, but it was intended for circulation in Antiochia once the great Crusader city would have been captured by the king. However, Levon never actually conquered Antiochia (although he managed to install Raymond-Roupen as the ruler of the city in 1216) and these coins are therefore all very rare today. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6298 Price realized: 4,200 CHF (Approx. 4,774 USD / 4,434 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Denier (Billon, 18 mm, 0.80 g, 8 h), Sis. Coronation issue, 1198. ✠ RЄX ARMENOR Crowned facing bust of Levon I. Rev. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA Cross pattée. AC 10. CCA 281 var. (ARMENIOR). S. Moeller: Eine neue Bewertung der Deniers von König Levon I. von Kilikisch-Armenien, in: NNB 65/1 (2016), pp. 93-94, and idem: Neue Überlegungen zur Münzreform König Levons I. (1187-1219) von Armenien, in: GN 304 (2019), pp. 208-213. Very rare with Latin legends. Somewhat porous and with minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin is Levon's only denier with Latin legends and titles and as such of the greatest interest. It was struck in Sis, but it has been suggested by Bedoukian that it was intended for circulation in Antioch once the great Crusader city would have been captured by the king. However, S. Moeller has recently come out against this theory, arguing that a permanent incorporation of Antioch into the Armenian realm would have lead to an unsustainable break with the Pope and the Crusader states and therefore was outside of Levon's scope. Rather, he connects the issue to Levon's coronation to king in 1198, an epochal event in Armenian history, which was celebrated in Sis in accord with, and in presence of, the papal legate, Archbishop Conrad of Mainz. Moeller suggests that the very rare Latin deniers may have been distributed to Levon's occidental supporters during the coronation, whereas the more common coins with Armenian legends were addressing his local subjects instead. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6299 Price realized: 2,800 CHF (Approx. 3,183 USD / 2,956 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Denier (Billon, 16 mm, 0.81 g, 12 h), Sis. Coronation issue, 1198. ✠ RЄX ARMENOR Crowned facing bust of Levon I. Rev. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA Cross pattée. AC 10. CCA 281 var. (ARMENIOR). S. Moeller: Eine neue Bewertung der Deniers von König Levon I. von Kilikisch-Armenien, in: NNB 65/1 (2016), pp. 93-94, and idem: Neue Überlegungen zur Münzreform König Levons I. (1187-1219) von Armenien, in: GN 304 (2019), pp. 208-213. Very rare with Latin legends. Some deposits and with a few light scratches, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin is Levon's only denier with Latin legends and titles and as such of the greatest interest. It was struck in Sis, but it has been suggested by Bedoukian that it was intended for circulation in Antioch once the great Crusader city would have been captured by the king. However, S. Moeller has recently come out against this theory, arguing that a permanent incorporation of Antioch into the Armenian realm would have lead to an unsustainable break with the Pope and the Crusader states and therefore was outside of Levon's scope. Rather, he connects the issue to Levon's coronation to king in 1198, an epochal event in Armenian history, which was celebrated in Sis in accord with, and in presence of, the papal legate, Archbishop Conrad of Mainz. Moeller suggests that the very rare Latin deniers may have been distributed to Levon's occidental supporters during the coronation, whereas the more common coins with Armenian legends were addressing his local subjects instead. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3258 Price realized: 50 CHF (Approx. 57 USD / 52 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon I, 1198-1219. Tram (Silver, 22 mm, 2.81 g, 7 h). 'Levon King of all the Armenians' (in Armenian) Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, placing his feet on footstool, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and fleur-de-lis in his left. Rev. 'By the Will of God' (in Armenian) Two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between them. AC 282 ff. CCA 123 ff. Minor edge chipping, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3260 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Levon III, 1301-1307. Tram (Silver, 22 mm, 2.57 g, 1 h). 'Levon, King of the Armenians' (in Armenian) Levon III on horseback riding right, head facing, holding cruciform scepter and reins; in field to left, three pellets. Rev. 'Struck in the city of Sis' (in Armenian) Lion advancing right,raising his left paw; behind him, patriarchal cross. AC 419. CCA 1734. Some doubling and with scratches, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6303 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 273 USD / 253 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I, 1226-1270. Tram (Silver, 25 mm, 2.78 g, 12 h), bilingual issue, acknowleding Kay Khusraw II, Seljuk of Rum, Sis, AD 1239/40. Hetoum on horseback riding right, head facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and reins; in field to left, cross; in field to right, star; in upper right field, crescent; around, 'Hetoum King of the Armenians' in Armenian. Rev. 'The Supreme Sultan, Helper of the World and the Faith, Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubad' in three lines in Arabic; around, date and mint. Broome 1105. Izmirlier 429. Struck from slightly worn dies and with a few light scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine. From a North German collection, formed since the 1980s. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
