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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Armenian Cilicia| > SH66597
Crusaders, Armenian Cilicia, Roupen I, 1080 - 1095 A.D.
|Armenian| |Cilicia|, |Crusaders,| |Armenian| |Cilicia,| |Roupen| |I,| |1080| |-| |1095| |A.D.|, In 1080, Roupen I declared Cilicia independent from the Byzantine Empire, founding the Roupenian dynasty, which ruled Cilician Armenia until 1219. He led bold and successful military campaigns against the Byzantines, including capturing the fortress of Pardzerpert (Andirin, Turkey today), which became a stronghold of the new kingdom.
SH66597. Bronze Pogh, Bedoukian CCA 1 var. (no crescent), Nercessian ACV 245 var. (same), aVF, weight 1.853g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 315o, 1080 - 1095 A.D.; obverse Armenian legend: Raiben (Roupen), cross pattée within circle, pellet in each quarter; reverse Armenian legend: Tsara ay (Servant of God), cross pattée within circle, crescent in one quarter; very rare; SOLD










REFERENCES|

Bedoukian, P. Coinage of Cilician Armenia. ANSNNM 147. (1962).
Bedoukian, P. Medieval Armenian Coins. (Paris, 1971).
Bedoukian, P. "Two Hoards of Levon II Trams" in Selected Numismatic Studies II. (Los Angeles, 2003).
Kovacs, F. "Additions and corrections to Armenian coins and their Values" in Armenian Numismatic Journal 30/3. (2004).
Metcalf, D. "Classification of the Trams of Levon I of Cilician Armenia" in RBN CXVIII. (1972).
Nercessian, Y. Armenian Coins and Their Values. Armenian Numismatic Society, Special Publication No. 8. (Los Angeles, 1995).

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