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ID number: BIRBI-AR0007 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 2.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2075. |
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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 ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ + (Levon King of the Armenians) Reverse: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾՈ + (By means of the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 92
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