Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XX 29-30 Oct 2020
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Armenia, Cilician Armenia. Gosdantin I (1298-1299) AR Double Tram. 1298-1299. +ԿՈՍՏԱՆԴԻԱՆՈՍ ԹԱԳՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ ('Gosdantin King of the Armenians' in Armenian) Gosdantin, bearded and crowned, on horseback to right, his head facing, holding the reins with his left hand and a sword in his right; below, three pellets / +ԿԱՐՈՂՈԻԹԲՆ ԱՅ Ե ԹԱԿԱԻՈՐ ('by the will of God he is King' in Armenian) Gosdantin, bearded and crowned, standing facing in a long elaborate tunic, holding sword in his right hand and short Latin cross in his left; between his feet, two pellets; to lower left, three pellets. Leu 3, lot 362 (same dies); cf. AC 415 (single tram and number of pellets); CCA -. L. A. Saryan: An unpublished silver double tram of Gosdantin I (1298-1299), King of Armenia, in: AJN 12 (2000), pp. 195-204 and pl. 26 var. (no pellets). 5.74g, 27mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine; scratches to obv. and rev. Extremely Rare, apparently only the second known example of the type after that sold at Leu in 2018 (sold for 26,000 CHF).
From the inventory of a European dealer.
Good Very Fine; scratches to obv. and rev. Extremely Rare, apparently only the second known example of the type after that sold at Leu in 2018 (sold for 26,000 CHF).
From the inventory of a European dealer.