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ID number: BIRBI-AR0219 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon the usurper Denomination: Takvorin Culture: Armenian Date made: 1363-1365 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.02 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5023. A. H. Baldwin, October 1963. |
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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: + ԼԵՎՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՌ ․․Ո (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ՔԱՂ․․ (Struck in the city of)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 2142
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