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ID number: BIRBI-AR0036 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon I; Sis Denomination: Tank Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1187-1219 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 6.18 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 2194. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of lion, facing, crowned. Reverse: Patriarchal cross, with two five-pointed stars beneath limbs of cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅԻ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՍ Ի ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 767
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