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ID number: BIRBI-AR0031 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Levon I Denomination: Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1187-1219 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 2.95 Axis (degrees): 270.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Image of king, seated on throne of two lions, crowned, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, fleur-de-lis topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: Cross with lion to l. and r. rampant, facing away from cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ԼԵՒՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒ (By means of the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 632
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