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EUROPEAN COINS & MEDALS

ARMENIA

Cilician Armenia.

458 King Levon I, 1198-1219. Silver Tram nd. 2,82 g. Pre-coronation issue. Zabel and Hetoum I standing
facing one another, holding long patriarchal cross between // Crowned lion advancing right, head facing;
long cross in background. CCA 1424-7. Extremely fine with charming iridescent toning 50.-

BELGIUM
FLANDERS.

459 Louis II de Mâle, 1346-1384. Flandres d'or (Gouden Flanders) nd (1361-1364), Gent. LVDOVIC DEI G
COM F DNS FLANDRI E. Count bearing sword standing under a Gothic dais with a shield and helmet to
either side, his mantle with ermines. FLANDRES in exergue // BENEDICTVS QUI VENIT IN NOMINE
DOMIN. Cross fleurée with lion rampant in center and F / L / A / D in angles, all within a quadrilobe with
trefoils in the spandrels. Delm. 464; Fr. 161; Schneider 147.
GOLD. Very rare in this quality Choice uncirculated with sharp details and mint luster -
In NGC Slab, graded MS 65 - Top Pop ! 5.000.-

CYPRUS.
CRUSADERS.

460 Lusignan Kingdom. Henry II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem, 1285-1324. Gros nd (second reign,
1310-1324). 4,48 g. Henri seated facing on throne, lily-tipped scepter in his right hand and globe in his
left; in upper field to right, cross // Cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades, 706; Wäckerlin 338.
Good very fine 50.-
461 Lusignan Kingdom. Henry II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem, 1285-1324. Gros nd (second reign,
1310-1324). 4,57 g. Henri seated facing on throne, lily-tipped scepter in his right hand and globe in his
left; in upper field to right, cross // Cross of Jerusalem. Metcalf, Crusades, 706; Wäckerlin 338. Very fine 50.-

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