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ID number: BIRBI-AR0144 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Het'oum II; Sis Denomination: Kardez Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1289-1305 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0553, July 1963, from Turkey. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of king, facing, crowned. Reverse: Patriarchal cross with fleurons at base.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱԻ: (Het'oum king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳՆ Ի ՍԻ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Apparent unpublished type.
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