★ A boldly struck tram of Hetoum I ★

ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I, 1226-1270. Tram (Silver, 24 mm, 3.00 g, 3 h), bilingual issue, acknowleding the Seljuk Sultan Kay Khusraw II, Sis, AH 637 = AD 1239/40. Hetoum on horseback riding right, head facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and reins; in field to left, cross; in upper field to right, crescent; in outer margin, 'Hetoum King of the Armenians' (in Armenian). Rev. 'The Supreme Sultan, Helper of the World and the Faith, Kay Khusraw ibn Kayqubad' in three lines in Arabic; around, date and mint. AC 323. Broome 1105. Izmirlier 428. Boldly struck and unusually attractive for the issue. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector’s ticket), acquired from Giessener Münzhandlung in 1995.