CNG 85, Lot: 117. Estimate $400. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Smpad. 1296-1298. AR Tram (22mm, 3.05 g, 1h). Coronation issue. Smpad seated facing on throne decorated with lions, holding cross and lis, with feet resting upon footstool; annulet to left and right / Two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; between, cross pattée set on reversed cruciform spear. AC 407 var. (obv. legend); CCA 1653a; Bedoukian,
Silver 3-6 var. (cross type). Near EF, lightly toned. Fine style, with an unusual cross on the reverse.
From the R.A. Collection.