Leo the Usurper

Leo (V)
Leo (V)
	Silver coin of Leo. Obv: Equestrian king riding right; sceptre in the hand. Circle in the field. Here you can read: [ԼԵ]ՎՈՆ ԹԱ[ԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ] (Levon king of the Armenians). Rev: Lion walking right with a cross behind him. Here you can read: [ՇԻՆ]ԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱ[ՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻՍ] (Struck in the city of Sis).
King of Armenia
Reign	1362/1363–1365
Predecessor	Constantine III
Successor	Constantine IV

Leo the Usurper, sometimes enumerated as Leo V or Levon V was a king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1362/1363 to 1365.^[2]^[3] It would seem that he usurped the throne immediately after Constantine III's death in 1362 but it could have started even later during Constantine IV's reign in 1363.

He came from unknown lineage and reigned for approximately 2 to 3 years before abdicating and disappearing from sources.^[2]

Sources

↑ Coinage of Leo the Usurper, numista
1 2 Künker, Fritz Rudolf; Kirsch, Arne; Steinbach, Sebastian. 1000 Years of European Coinage, Part III: England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkan, the Middle East, Crusader States, Jetons und Weights. Numismatischer Verlag Künker. pp. 340–341.
↑ Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1969). "The Copper Coins of the Later Kings of Cilician Armenia". Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society). 15: 131–135. ISSN 0145-1413. JSTOR 43574131.

[1] Coinage of Leo the Usurper, numista

[a-2] 1 2 Künker, Fritz Rudolf; Kirsch, Arne; Steinbach, Sebastian. 1000 Years of European Coinage, Part III: England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkan, the Middle East, Crusader States, Jetons und Weights. Numismatischer Verlag Künker. pp. 340–341.

[3] Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1969). "The Copper Coins of the Later Kings of Cilician Armenia". Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society). 15: 131–135. ISSN 0145-1413. JSTOR 43574131.

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