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ID number: BIRBI-AR0191 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gosdantin III; Sis Denomination: Takvorin Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1344-1363 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 1.82 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 2159. |

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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: + ԿՈՍՏԱՆԴԻՆ ԹԱԳ I (Gosdantin king of the Armenians) Reverse: ՇԻՆԵԱԼ ՔԱՂԱՔՆ ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 2054
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