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ID number: BIRBI-AR0004 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): 2.35 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 6264, 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: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԵԱՄԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾՈՅ + (By means of the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 43
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