Ave!

Armenia, Cilicia, King Levon I, Two Lions reverse!

AR Tram; 23mm/2.7gm       Sis Mint, struck ca. 1198-1219 AD

Con/ Good Very Fine with mint luster.

Obv/ + Levon, king of the Armenians (in Armenian); Levon enthroned facing, holding globus cruciger and lily flower.

Rev/ + By the will of God (in Armenian); Two lions rampant back-to-back, each with head reverted; patriarchal cross between.

Ref/ Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 321; cf. AC 282-3 (for type).