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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-AR0235
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Gosdantin IV; Sis
Denomination:  Takvorin
Place made:  Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1365-1373
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  1.83
Axis (degrees):  90.00
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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: ԿԻՍՏԱՆԴԻՆ ԹԱԳ Հ (Gosdantin king of the Armenians) Reverse: ՇԻՆԵԱՆ ԳԱԳԱԳՆ ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)

Bibliography:  Apparent unpublished type

2 Related People

Gosdantin IV
Armenian

1373
Sis
Armenian


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