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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-AR0016
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):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.97
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2196. Seaby, July 1953.
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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 ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾ (By means of the authority of God)

Bibliography:  Bedoukian 279

2 Related People

Levon I
Armenian

1219
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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