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1 Kardez - Leo I seated on floor cross-legged type
| Issuer | Cilician Armenia |
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| Year | 1198-1219 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Armenian |
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| Reverse script | Armenian |
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Leo I was crowned King of Armenian Cilicia in January 1198 by a German imperial envoy acting on behalf of Henry VI, a deliberate political alignment with the Holy Roman Empire at a moment when the Latin Crusader states were in disarray following Saladin's campaigns. The copper kardez issues of his reign were the workhorse coinage of a kingdom threading between Byzantine, Crusader, and Seljuk commercial networks simultaneously.
Bedoukian 381–385 encompasses several die varieties across this type, with minor differences in execution reflecting multiple working dies rather than any change in monetary policy.