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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26710696, member: 87809&quot;]Have just one coin of Levon I. It came in a multiple lot:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Copper Tank, Copper alloy</p><p>Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Sis, 1199 – 1218</p><p>27.54 x 28.47 mm, 7.544 g; 5h</p><p><br /></p><p>Bedoukian (Coins of Cilician Armenia, p. 219) 718 – 719 or 753-754; Nercessian 303; CCA 767</p><p><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b687478&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b687478&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=7" rel="nofollow">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b687478&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=7</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Bearded leonine head of King Levon I facing 3/4 to r., crown with six dots and single curl. ✠ԼԵԻՈՆ [ԹԱԳ[Ա]ՈՐ ՀԱՅԻՈ(Ց) (Armenian legend) around (+Levon King of the Armenians)</p><p>Rev.: Patriarchal cross with two stars in fields. ✠ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՍ Ի ՍԻ(Ս) (Armenian legend) around. (+struck in the city of Sis)</p><p><br /></p><p>The name of the city, SIS, is often abbreviated to SI or just S.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705277[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705278[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>King Levon I (&quot;the lion&quot;) set the standard for that of following Cilician rulers, comprising silver trams and fractions thereof, and the large copper tank. His coins are among the most common Armenian coins.</p><p>Tank (obulus) was a unit of measure as well as the name of a large copper coin, similar to the Byzantine follis. Under Levon I and Hetoum I tanks were minted. Six tanks were worth a silver coin, although no document has been found of that period that uses the name “Tank”.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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