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ID number:  BIRBI-AR0171
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Oshin; Sis
Denomination:  Takvorin
Place made:  Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1308-1320
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  2.42
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2160.
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Description:  Obverse: King, on horseback, crowned, with trefoil-topped sceptre, riding r. Reverse: Lion, rampant, facing r., holding cross.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + ԱՒՇԻՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅՈՑ (Oshin king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 1854

3 Related People

Sis
Armenian


Oshin
Armenian
1282
1320
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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