★ The city of Arzanjan, See of an Armenian Archbishop ★

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw III, AH 663-682 / AD 1265-1283. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.94 g, 6 h), Arzanjan (Erzincan), AH 675 = AD 1276/7. Broome 750. Izmirlier 938. Lightly toned. Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 9, 7-8 September 2019, 1496.

Marco Polo visited Arzanjan (modern Erzincan) only five year before this coin was issued, reporting that the 'the people [of Arzanjan] are Armenians', and that Arzanjan was the 'noblest of cities' and the See of an Armenian Archbishop.