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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3463269, member: 99456&quot;][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER], thank you for the interestign write-up,&nbsp; These coins are also outside of my usual areas of interest, and also more evidence of how easily I have been pulled into neighboring areas over the years by an interesting looking coin (or three). Levon I was also known as &quot;Levon the Great&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]921011[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cilician Armenia, Royal</p><p><b> Levon I</b>, AD 1198-1219</p><p>AR Tram</p><p><b>Obv:</b>+ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ &#039;Levon King of the Armenians&#039; Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, holding cross and lis (lily)</p><p><b>Rev:</b>+ ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈԻԾՈՅ &#039;by the will of God&#039; Two lions flanking patriarchal cross</p><p><b>Size: </b>22.3mm, 2.85g</p><p><b>Ref:</b> CCA 123</p><p><br /></p><p>And here are two different trams of Queen Zabel and King Hetoum I - Queen Zabel or Isabella was the daughter of Levon and declared Queen at the age of 3 when her father died in 1219.&nbsp; And she married Hartoum in 1226 at the age of 10, these coins maintain the artistic connection to byzantine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]921014[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cilician Armenia, Royal</p><p>King Hetoum I and <b>Queen Zabel</b>, 1226-1270</p><p>AR Tram</p><p>(Silver, 21 mm, 2.93 g, 10 h)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> &quot;By the Will of God&quot;, Crowned Queen Zabel and King Hetoum standing facing, holding long cross between them; pellet on cross</p><p><b>Rev:</b> &quot;Hetoum king of the Armenians&quot;, heraldic lion standing right, head facing, holding patriarchal cross</p><p><b>Size:</b> 19.8g, 3.00mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> CCA 1068; AC 339</p><p>[ATTACH=full]921015[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cilician Armenia, Royal</p><p>King Hetoum I and <b>Queen Zabel</b>, 1226-1270</p><p>AR Tram</p><p>(Silver, 21 mm, 2.93 g, 10 h)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Zabel and Hetoum I standing facing, each crowned with head facing and holding long cross between.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Crowned lion advancing right, head facing</p><p><b>Size: </b>21.8mm, 2.96g</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Beoudkian 847[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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