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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-AR0084
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Het'oum I; Zabel
Denomination:  Tram
Place made:  Eurasia: Cilicia
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1226-1270
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.71
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6097, A. H. Baldwin, 21st August 1968, ex. Grantley Collection, 4273, previously purchased 1944.
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Description:  Obverse: Lion, crowned, advancing r. Reverse: Het'oum I, crowned, standing r., holding cross with Isabelle (Zabel) l. of cross, crowned.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԻՆ ԱՅՈ (With the authority of God)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 1138

4 Related People

Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
Het'oum I
Armenian


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Zabel
Armenian
1217
1252
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