Unique gold coin featuring Cilician Armenian king put up for auction

A unique coin dating back to the period of the Cilician Armenian kind Levon I (1198-1219) has been put up for an online auction.

The exceptional sample, featuring the king enthroned facing, holding cross in right hand and branch in left, will be auctioned off on January 5, according to Coinarchives.com

The starting price of the coin, included in the collection of Dr. Lawrence A Adams, is US $  50,000.