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ID number: BIRBI-AR0002 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon I Denomination: Double Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1187-1219 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 5.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5713, W. V. R. Baldwin, 28th March 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Image of king, seated on throne of two lions, crowned, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, fleur-de-lis topped sceptre in l. hand. Reverse: Lion, passant, with patriarchal cross in front paw, crowned; Field mark l. of lion.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ԱՄԵՆԱՅՆ ՀԱՅՈՑ + (Levon King of All Armenians) Reverse: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԵԱՄԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾՈՅ + (By means of the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 14
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