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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24563005, member: 128351&quot;]It&#039;s not Monday, I know, it&#039;s Tuesday but here are two medieval Armenian coins</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1556613[/ATTACH] </p><p>Armenia, Hethum II (1289-1306), AE kardez, AE 22mm.</p><p>Obv.: + and Armenian legend (sorry, I don&#039;t read Armenian), facing head of crowned king </p><p>rev.: + and Armenian legend, patriarcal cross</p><p><br /></p><p>Hethum II was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1289. He was a vassal of the Mongolian Ilkhanate. He abdicated twice to retire in a Franciscan monastery, but resumed power some time after. </p><p><br /></p><p>His AE kardez (it&#039;s the name, I think, of these bronze coins) look much like the contemporaneous pennies of Edward I of England (1272-1307). Is it possible the Armenians drew inspiration from the English coinage of the time?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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