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ID number: BIRBI-AR0089 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Het'oum I; Zabel Denomination: Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 5041. A. H. Baldwin, October 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Lion, crowned, advancing r. Reverse: Het'oum I, crowned, standing r., holding cross with Isabelle (Zabel) l. of cross, crowned.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅՈՑ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԻՒՆՆ ԱՅ Է (It is with the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1106
Notes: Possibly debased with lead/tin?
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