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ID number: BIRBI-AR0043 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): 3.00 Weight (g): 6.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2190, L. S. Forrer, ex Thorburn. |
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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 ՀԱՅԻՈ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՍ Ի ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 699
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