Cilician Armenia, King Smbat I, AE Kardez

Date: 1296 - 1298 CE
The Crusades

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  • Origin: Cicilian Armenia, a strong ally of the Crusader States that saw itself as a Christian stronghold in Eastern Europe
  • Authority: Smbat I
  • Date: 1296 - 1298 CE
  • Denomination: AE 1 Kardez (Copper)
  • Mint: City of Sis (in modern day Turkey)
  • Size: 20mm
  • Obverse: ՍՄԲԱ[Տ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ] (Smbat, king of Armenians) - Equestrian king with patriarchal cross
  • Reverse: ՇԻՆԵ[Ա]Լ [Ի] ՔԱ[ՂԱ]ՔՆ [Ի ՍԻՍ] (Struck in the city of Sis) - Centered cross with four fleur-de-lis.

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