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.
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