- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1226 - 1270
- Subject(s)
- Bearers of the Cross
- Associated person
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Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1216/1217 - 1252)
Hethum I (1213 - 1270) - Inscriptions
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obverse: +ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅ (Hethum King of Armenia)
reverse: +ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹ ԲՆ ԱՅԵ (By the Will of God)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 20.5mm
Weight: 2.82g - Materials and technique
- Silver, struck
- Themes
- The Queen and queens of the Crusades
- Credit line
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The Mildred King Memorial Collection.
Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935 - Catalogue number
- ARM15
Tahegan of Hethum I
This coin shows Hethum I with his wife Zabel, or Isabel. The inclusion of Zabel in royal dress and holding a standard cross acknowledges her royal lineage as the heir of Leo I King of Cilicia, the kingdom Hethum ruled having been enthroned by the princes of the kingdom. The princes also forced Zabel to become Hethum's wife.