ARMENIA, Cilician Armenia. Royal. Hetoum I, 1226-1270. Tram (Silver, 23 mm, 2.59 g, 5 h), bilingual type, Sis, AH 640 = AD 1242/3. Within a dotted circle, Hetoum I (1226-1270), the Armenian vassal of Kaykhusraw II, on horseback to right, holding a staff topped with a fleur-de-lis; a cross to left; around, ‘ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ’ (‘Hetoum, king of the Armenians’ in Armenian). Rev. Within a dotted circle, ‘al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Kaykhusraw ibn Kayqubād’ (‘The Supreme Sultan Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Kaykhusraw, son of Kayqubad’ in Arabic); around, ‘ḍuriba bi Sīs sana / arbaʿīn / wa sitta miʾa’ (‘Struck in Sis in the year 640’ in Arabic). Album 1221. Rare. Toned. Slightly wavy and with some scratches and deposits, otherwise, very fine.