Bronze denar (pogh) of Levon V (1374-1375), Kingdom of Cilician Armenia

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Kingdom of Cilician Armenia. Levon V. 1373-1375. AE Pogh.  Lion right within dotted border, Armenian inscriptions around // Cross potent within dotted border, Armenian inscriptions around. 15mm, 1.0 gram. Bedosian 2243; ACV 506; CCA 2242-3. 

Levon V of Armenia (also known as Leo V or Levon de Lusignan) was the last king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, reigning from 1374 to 1375. A member of the Lusignan dynasty, he inherited a kingdom already severely weakened by internal divisions and repeated Mamluk attacks. In 1375 the Mamluks captured the capital of Sis, bringing the Cilician Armenian kingdom to an end, and Levon was taken prisoner to Cairo. He was later ransomed and spent his remaining years in Western Europe seeking support for the restoration of his kingdom, dying in Paris in 1393.


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