ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I, 1226-1270. Tram (Silver, 24 mm, 3.00 g, 12 h), bilingual issue, acknowleding the Seljuk Sultan Kay Khusraw II, Sis, 1239/40. Hetoum on horseback riding right, head facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and reins; in field to left, cross; in field to right, star; in upper right field, crescent; around, 'Hethum King of the Armenians' in Armenian. Rev. 'The Supreme Sultan, Helper of the World and the Faith, Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubad' in three lines in Arabic; around, date and mint. Broome 1105. Izmirlier 429. Beautifully toned. Light scratches and with some marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.