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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 26283448, member: 92212"]Great question! I just invested about an hour in trying to figure it out, but ended up in dazed (and baffled) wonder at the intricacies of these. Bedoukian's comment on page 76 re: the coins of Levon I appears to be an understatement:</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1679050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a VERY similar coin myself that came with an attribution of Bedoukian 696, which I presumed to be a correct attribution. But as a result of your post and my subsequent pouring through the Bedoukian reference, I now know it can't be 696. Similar to you, I narrowed it down to 715-719 or 752-754 (based on the "6 dots" and a "single curl" which our two examples have in common).</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my coin. And like you, I would welcome assistance in a precise attribution:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679049[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s.: My hat is off in respectful recognition to Bedoukian for cataloguing this coinage!!! (And to those who now collect and decipher them!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 26283448, member: 92212"]Great question! I just invested about an hour in trying to figure it out, but ended up in dazed (and baffled) wonder at the intricacies of these. Bedoukian's comment on page 76 re: the coins of Levon I appears to be an understatement: [ATTACH=full]1679050[/ATTACH] I have a VERY similar coin myself that came with an attribution of Bedoukian 696, which I presumed to be a correct attribution. But as a result of your post and my subsequent pouring through the Bedoukian reference, I now know it can't be 696. Similar to you, I narrowed it down to 715-719 or 752-754 (based on the "6 dots" and a "single curl" which our two examples have in common). Below is my coin. And like you, I would welcome assistance in a precise attribution: [ATTACH=full]1679049[/ATTACH] p.s.: My hat is off in respectful recognition to Bedoukian for cataloguing this coinage!!! (And to those who now collect and decipher them!)[/QUOTE]
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