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ID number: BIRBI-AR0010 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon I Denomination: Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1187-1219 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 2.85 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5013. |

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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: Cross with lion to l. and r. rampant, facing away from cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ + (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾՈ + (Be means of the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 627
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