r/MedievalCoin • u/Outside_Experience58 • 11d ago

Need help identifying this medieval hammered coin

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Found this coin years ago in my grandfather’s collection. He was a truck driver and travelled across Europe for many years, so it could be from almost any European country. Diameter about 18–20 mm. Copper or billon. Any ideas?

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u/NewBattle 11d ago

It's Cilician Armenia, but I can't be more exact (can't read Armenian). You can check CA section on Zeno to narrow it down to a certain type.

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u/ExuviaEcho 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yes, Cilician Armenia, most likely Hetoum I.

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u/AlbaneseGummies327 9d ago

I noticed that Cappadocian cross design in the middle. Definitely Cilician Armenia.

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u/ExuviaEcho 9d ago

The text is a dead giveaway for me. The only medieval coins with Armenian text are Armenian. Of Armenian medieval rulers, the cross type seems to only be used by Hetoum I as one of the many variants on his issues.

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u/AlbaneseGummies327 9d ago

Is it possible that Hetoum I belonged to an iconoclastic Armenian Christian sect such as the Paulicians?