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ID number: BIRBI-AR0124 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: Kardez Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.67 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 7876. |
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Description: Obverse: King, on horseback, riding r., with fleur-de-lis topped sceptre. Reverse: Equal-armed cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ Ի ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type.
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