Lot 2167

Description

Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, Levon I (1198-1219), AE Tank, obv. Armenian inscription, king as lion bust with crown facing half right, rev. Armenian inscription, patriarchal cross, stars on either side (cf. Nerc. 300-314, (pp.119-122); Hetoum I (1226-1270), AE Tanks, (2) obv. Armenian inscription, king seated on curule chair with lion-headed arms, holding lis sceptre and orb, rev. Armenian inscription, cross with short lines in angles, (cf.Nerc. 351-357 [pp. 133-134]); AE kardez (3), obv. king seated facing on throne, rev. potent cross with four lines in four quadrants, (cf.Nerc 362-365 [pp.135-136]); Hetoum II (1289-1305), AE kardez (3), obv. Armenian inscription, king seated in oriental fashion, rev. Armenian inscription, cross potent (cf.Nerc. 399-404, [pp. 144-5]); Smpad (1296-1298), AE pogh (2), obv. king on horseback riding right, rev. cross with four doves in flight in each quadrant (Nerc 412-413, [p.148]); Oshin (1308-1320), AE pogh, obv. king seated on benchlike throne, rev. ornate cross, (Nerc 448-9, [p.157]). All in packets with collector inventory number, fair - very fine, several rare. (12)

Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection [as the Demarete Collection] with her numbered packets.