Watch List notes:

ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I, 1226-1270. Tram (Silver, 24 mm, 3.00 g, 11 h), bilingual issue, acknowleding Kay Khusraw II, Seljuk of Rum, Sis, 1239/40. Hetoum on horseback riding right, head facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and reins; in field to left, cross; 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. An unusually attractive example. Light doubling, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021.