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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-AR0219
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Levon the usurper
Denomination:  Takvorin
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1363-1365
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.02
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5023, A. H. Baldwin, October 1963.
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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: + ԼԵՎՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՌ ․․Ո (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ՔԱՂ․․ (Struck in the city of)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 2142

2 Related People

Levon the usurper
Armenian


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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