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This page will contain Armenian coins. For more information on coins from the Armenian culture (also, Islamic and Indian cultures), please visit Stephen Album's excellent site on the topic.


Cilician Armenia, Levon I (1198-1219), Royal Period, AR Tram
(Armenian legend)
King seated facing on leonine throne, globus cruciger in right hand, lily in left, all in beaded inner circle
(Armenian legend)
Long cross flanked by rampant lions with reverted heads, all in beaded inner circle
22mm x 23mm, 2.95g
Nercessian 287

Cilician Armenia, Levon I (1198-1219), Royal Period, AE Tank
(Armenian legend)
Crowned, bearded leonine head of king facing, turned right in inner circle
(Armenian legend)
Patriarchal cross flanked by two stars, all in inner circle
28mm, 8.61g
Bedoukian 696; Nercessian 300/13

Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I  and Zabel (1226-1271), AR Tram
(Armenian legend)
Hetoum I and Zabel standing facing each other, both holding long vertical cruciform scepter between them, partial beaded circle in fields
(Armenian legend)
Crowned lion standing right, facing forward, long vertical cruciform scepter in background, all breaking beaded inner circle
20mm x 21mm, 2.93g
Nercessian 345

Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I  and Zabel (1226-1271), AR Tram
(Armenian legend)
Hetoum I and Zabel standing facing each other, both holding long vertical cruciform scepter between them, partial beaded circle in fields
(Armenian legend)
Crowned lion standing right, facing forward, long vertical cruciform scepter in background, all breaking beaded inner circle
21mm, 2.95g
Nercessian 345

Cilician Armenia, Hetoum I  and Zabel (1226-1271), AR Tram
(Armenian legend)
Hetoum I and Zabel standing facing each other, both holding long vertical cruciform scepter between them, partial beaded circle in fields
(Armenian legend)
Crowned lion standing right, facing forward, long vertical cruciform scepter in background, all breaking beaded inner circle
21mm x 22mm, 2.76g
Nercessian 345

Armenian ruler Hetoum I as vassal under the Rum Seljuq ruler Kaykhusraw II (1236-1245), type A-1221 in the "Checklist of Islamic Coins". The mint is Sis but not inscribed on this coin, the date is completely blundered, as is often the case on these coins. Attribution provided by Steve Album on December 10, 2004.