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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Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type
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