Levon I - unable to pin down the attribution

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  1. cmezner

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    Recently I won a multiple lot of 30 coins in which there are many medievals. I was interested in the lot because there were two Greek coins in it.:D

    Now, I'm stuck with several medievals that obviously have no measures nor attribution. Just today I finished measuring almost all of them and I'm having a hard time trying to find the attributions.:(

    This one came with a flip that just says "Armenia - Levon I AE / Copper Tank".

    There are a great many Levon I coins in "Coins of Cilician Armenia" by Bedoukian that I found here:
    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b687478&view=1up&seq=7

    The legends are in Armenian - which I can't read, I think this coin could be either B. 718 – 719 or B. 753-754 , but they all look the same to me.:confused:

    Here on p. 219 are the numbers 718 - 719:
    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ptid=uc1.$b687478&view=1up&seq=267&q1=Levon+I+Tank

    This is the coin:
    AE Tank
    Cilician Armenia, Sis, 1199 – 1218

    27.54 x 28.47 mm, 7.544 g; 5h
    Bedoukian (Coins of Cilician Armenia, p. 219 (pdf. 267) 718 – 719 or 753-754 (???)

    Ob.: Bearded leonine head of King Levon I facing 3/4 to r., crown with six dots and single curl. Armenian legend around (+Levon King of the Armenians)
    Rev.: Patriarchal cross with two stars in fields. Armenian legend around. (+struck in the city of Sis)

    Is anyone here that can read the Armenian legends? Please help if you can:confused:

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