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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-AR0005 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon I Denomination: Coronation Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1187-1219 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 2.83 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 2169. |
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Description: Obverse: King Levon, crowned, arm raised to hold cross, to l. Astvadzadzin (Virgin Mary), nimbate, orans. Reverse: Cross with lion to l. and r. rampant, facing away from cross. Inscriptions: Obverse: ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ + (Levon King of the Armenians) Reverse: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒ + (By means of the authority of God) Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type, most similar to Bedoukian 81, 122 Notes: All of the figures appear to have cut marks through their necks. |
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| Levon I Armenian 1219 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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