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ID number: BIRBI-AR0106 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley Maker: Het'oum I; Zabel Denomination: Half Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.17 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3067. A. H. Baldwin, 21st August 1968, ex. Grantley Collection, 4273, previously purchased 1944. |
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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 ՀԱՅՈ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԻՆՆ ԱՅ (With the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1277
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