HETOUM I AR BILINGUAL DRAM


Hetoum I citing Kaykhusraw II, A.H. 637/A.D 1239, AR dram. 2.96 gm.
Obverse	Equestrian king Hetoum wearing a crown and holding a scepter capped with a fleur-de-lis. Cross in the field behind king and crescent in front of king. Surrounding inscription in Armenian .
	+ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ Hetoum King of Armenians.
Reverse	A three line inscription, and then a counterclockwise surrounding inscription on three sides (both in Arabic) inside a dotted border.
	ﻢﻈﻋﻻﺍ ﻥﺎﻄﻠﺴﻟﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺍ ﺙﺎﻴﻏ ﺩﺎﺒﻘﻴﻛ ﻦﺑ ﻭﺮﺴﺨﻴﻛ (ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭ \| - \|ﻦﻴﺜﻼﺛ \| ﻭ ﻊﺒﺳ ﺔﻨﺳ ﺲﻴﺴﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ) The Sublime Sultan \| Protector of the World and Faith \| Kaykhusraw son of Kayqubad. (Struck in Sis, the year seven and \| thirty \| - \| and six hundred.)
Notes	Bears traces of overstrike. Probably struck over a Seljuq dirham of Kayqobad. This coin appears to be an obverse and reverse match to N.G. Rhodes, "Some Armenian Notes," The Numismatic Circular, Vol. LXXXIV (October 1976), No. 10, pp. 370-371. Coin described in article was overstruck as well, the author claiming the host to be a Seljuq of Rum dirham of Kayqubad I, from the mint of Konya, and dated 619 A.H.