Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Oshin (1307-1320 AD). Pogh (No reserve price)

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Oshin (1307-1320 AD).
Pogh (Copper, 16 mm, 1.22 g).

Obv: ՕՇԻՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ Հ[ԱՅՈՑ] ("Oshin, king of the Armenians"). King seated facing on a bench-like throne, holding a cross in his right hand and a fleur-de-lis in his left. Beaded inner circle.
Rev: ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔ Ի Ս[ԻՍ] ("Struck in the city of Sis"). Cross pattée within a beaded inner circle.

Reference: Bedoukian, Coinage of Cilician Armenia, type 1936 ff.

Oshin, son of Levon II, came to the throne of Cilician Armenia after the Mongol general Bilarghu murdered his brother Hetoum II and nephew Levon III at Anazarbus in 1307. He defeated Bilarghu and drove him from Cilicia, and the Ilkhan Öljeitü supported his accession. Like Hetoum II, he favoured union of the Armenian and Roman churches in the hope of European aid against the Mamluks, causing discontent at home. He died in 1320, reputedly poisoned, and was succeeded by his young son Levon IV.

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