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1 Pogh - Constantine IV
| Issuer | Cilician Armenia |
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| Year | 1342-1344 |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned frontal effigy of Constantine IV (Guy), depicted seated facing on a high-backed throne, holding a fleur-de-lis sceptre in the right hand and a patriarchal cross in the left. The figure is rendered in the flat, stylized manner characteristic of late Cilician Armenian coinage. An Armenian legend surrounds the central device within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Constantine IV ruled Cilician Armenia for less than two years before being deposed and murdered in 1344 by a faction of the Hethumid nobility who replaced him with Constantine V. His coinage is accordingly scarce, compressed into a reign defined by dynastic instability and the accelerating collapse of the kingdom under Mamluk pressure from the south.