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ID number: BIRBI-AR0072 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Lord Grantley Maker: Het'oum I; Zabel Denomination: Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 2.54 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Whitting 6092, A. H. Baldwin, 21st August 1968, ex. Grantley Collection, 4273, previously purchased 1944. |

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Description: Obverse: Lion, crowned, advancing r., star beneath lion. Reverse: Het'oum I, crowned, standing r., holding cross with Isabelle (Zabel) l. of cross, crowned.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ (Het'oum king) Reverse: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈԹԻՆ ԱՅ (With the authority of God)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1240
Notes: Fracture at 315 degrees on obverse.
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