Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-AR0215
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Levon the usurper; Sis
Denomination:  Takvorin
Place made:  Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1363-1365
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  1.88
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2151.
BIRBI-AR0215.jpg

Description:  Obverse: King, on horseback, crowned, with trefoil-topped sceptre, riding r. Reverse: Lion, rampant, facing r., holding cross.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: + ԼԵՎՈՆ ԹԳԱՒՌ ՀԱ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ Ի ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 2157

Notes:  Pierced at 90 degrees on obverse.

3 Related People

Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Levon the usurper
Armenian


Sis
Armenian


Viewing Record 1 of 1