Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Levon I (1198-1219 AD). Tank (No reserve price)

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Levon I (1198-1219 AD).
Tank (Bronze, 26 mm, 7.08 g).

Obv: ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ ("Levon, King of the Armenians"). Crowned leonine head of the king facing, turned slightly to right.
Rev: ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՍ Ի ՍԻՍ ("Struck in the city of Sis"). Patriarchal cross with two stars at its base.

Reference: Bedoukian, Coinage of Cilician Armenia, type 695 ff.

Levon I ruled Armenian Cilicia from 1187 and became its first king when he was crowned in the Hagia Sophia at Tarsus in January 1198. His reign is regarded as the height of the Cilician kingdom: he built fortifications, improved its ports and granted trading privileges to Venetian and Genoese merchants. His royal copper bore his title as king of the Armenians and named the capital Sis as its mint. On his death in 1219 the throne passed to his daughter Isabella (Zabel).

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