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ID number: BIRBI-AR0132 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon II; Sis Denomination: Tram Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1270-1289 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.42 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 5009. |
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Description: Obverse: King, on horseback, riding r., with patriarchal cross-topped sceptre. Reverse: Lion, rampant, facing l., with patriarchal cross-topped sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ԼԵՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ԱՄЄՆԱՅՆ ։Ս (Levon king of all the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1462
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