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ID number: BIRBI-AR0194 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Gosdantin III; Sis Denomination: Takvorin Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1344-1363 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 2.33 Axis (degrees): 270.00 |

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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: ԳՈՍՄԼՆԴՆ ԹԱԳՌ ՀԱՅ (Gosdantin king of the Armenians) Reverse: ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ Ի ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type
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