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ID number:  BIRBI-AR0003
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley
Maker:  Levon I
Denomination:  Half Double Tram
Place made:  Eurasia: Cilicia
Culture:  Armenian
Date made:  1187-1219
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.67
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Whitting 6265, A. H. Baldwin, 22nd October 1968, Grantley 4274.
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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;

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ + (Levon King of the Armenians) Reverse: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾՈՅ + (By means of the authority of God)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 44

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Lord Grantley
British
01 Oct 1855
05 Aug 1943
Levon I
Armenian

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