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ID number: BIRBI-AR0122 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Het'oum I; Sis Denomination: Kardez Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1226-1270 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.78 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4706. A. H. Baldwin, 1st June 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: King, on horseback, riding r., with fleur-de-lis topped sceptre. Reverse: Equal-armed cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳ․․․ (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳ․․․ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1369
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