CNG 85, Lot: 125. Estimate $400. Sold for $610. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I – Gosdantin III. Early 13th-mid 14th centuries. Lot of Twelve (12) AR Trams and Takvorins. Includes:
(a)-(b) Hetoum I and Zabel. AR Tram. Hetoum and Zabel standing facing, holding long cross between / Crowned lion advancing right; cross behind (2 coins) //
(c)-(d) Levon III. AR Takvorin. King on horseback riding right / Lion advancing right; cross behind (2 coins) //
(e)-(g) Oshin. As last (3 coins) //
(h)-(i) As last, but both obverse and reverse overstruck in Arabic in the name of the Mamluk sultan Nasir al-Din Muhammed (2 coins) //
(j) Levon IV. As last //
(k)-(l) Gosdantin III. AR Takvorin. Gosdantin on horseback riding right / Lion advancing right; cross behind (2 coins). Fine-VF, some toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twelve (12) coins in lot.
From the R.A. Collection. Coins (c), (e), and (h)-(i) ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lots 186, 195, and 197, respectively.