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ID number: BIRBI-AR0210 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): 2.25 Weight (g): 1.36 Axis (degrees): 90.00 |
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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: + ԿՏՆԱՆԴՆ Թ․․ՀՈ (Gosdantin king of the Armenians) Reverse: ՇԻՆԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ ․․․ (Struck in the city of)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 2092v
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