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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3504702, member: 96898&quot;]I suspect this one to technically be a triple strike: a double struck Takvorin, likely struck over some Arabic dirham (Parthicus recently posted a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-coin-of-cilician-armenia.336954/#post-3463209" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-coin-of-cilician-armenia.336954/#post-3463209">write-up</a> on these):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]929311[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Gosdantin III or IV, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, AR Takvorin, 1344–1373 AD, Sis or Tarsus mint. Reverse: Armenian legend, king riding r., holding lily sceptre. Rev: Armenian legend, lion with cross walking r. 23mm, 1.97g. Ref: Nercessian 471–478; 491–496.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of this sestertius was struck twice, giving Victory a giraffe neck:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]929314[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, Roman Emire, AE sestertius, 244 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, draped and laureate, r. Rev: VICTORIA AETERNA, Victory, winged, standing l., leaning on shield and holding palm branch, captive at feet l.; in fields flanking, SC. 32mm, 19.68g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 338.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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