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ID number: BIRBI-AR0205 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Gosdantin III Denomination: Takvorin Culture: Armenian Date made: 1344-1363 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 1.41 Axis (degrees): 0.00 |

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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: ԿՈՍՏԸՆԻՆ․․․ՀՑ (Gosdantin [king] of the Armenians) Reverse: Շ․․․ԳԱՂԱԳՆ․․ (Struck in the city of)
Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type
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