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ID number: BIRBI-AR0119 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Het'oum I; Sis Denomination: Tank Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 5.68 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 4591. A. H. Baldwin, 1st August 1960, from Istanbul. |
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Description: Obverse: King seated on throne, crowned, globus cruciger in l. hand, fleur-de-lis topped sceptre in r. hand, star to l. of king. Reverse: Equal-armed cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ Ի ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1328
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