A little something out of the ordinary, a recent aquisition. It is not really visible from scan, but
still has the original luster.
rare to see original luster on these kinds of coins. Thoughts?
Cilician
Armenia, Hetoum I citing Kay-Khusraw II (1241 A.D.), AR Bilingual Dram.
Obv. 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 him. Surrounding
inscription in
Armenian between two sets of dotted borders:
+ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ
(Hetoum
King of Armenians).
Rev. A three line
inscription, and then a counterclockwise surrounding
inscription on three sides (Both in Arabic) inside a dotted
border:
ﻢﻈﻋﻻﺍ ﻥﺎﻄﻠﺴﻟﺍ
ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺍﺙﺎﻴﻏ
ﺩﺎﺒﻘﻴﻛ ﻦﺑ ﻭﺮﺴﺨﻴﻛ
(The Sublime
Sultan Protector of the World and Faith Kaikhusrew Son of Kaiqobad).
ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳ ﻭﻦﻴﺜﻼﺛ ﻭ ﻊﺴﺗ ﺔﻨﺳ ﺲﻴﺴﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ
( Struck in the City of
Sis, in the Year Nine and Thirty and Six Hundred).
*Date is in diwani numerals.
Additional note by L.A. Saryan: note the
Armenian letter Hee (Յ) on the coin. the
style of the letter is unique to one specific die cutter.
