Պերճ Սապպաղեան2025-06-042025-06-041980Սապպաղեան, Պ., «Հեթում Ա.ի Հեթում-Զապէլ եւ երկլեզուեան դրամներու մասին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1980, Պէյրութ, էջ 233-248https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/593During the long period of his reign, King Hethum I (1226- 1270) of Cilician Armenia, continuously has mint only two types of silver coins: namely the Hethum-Zabel coins and the one known as the bilingual coins. In the Armenian historiography the tendency has been to explain the reason behind these coins as follows: Hethum-Zabel coins were mint to prove the legitimate right of Zabel for the throne, while the bilingual coins were mint as a token evidence of the Seljuk suzerainty over Cilicia. In this article, after a thorough study, the author concludes that the two types of coins were mint because of economic and commercial reasons. These coins helped Cilician Armenia to penetrate and open new markets in the neighbouring countries.