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ID number: BIRBI-AR0158 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Smbat; Sis Denomination: Kardez Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1296-1298 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.02 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2140. |
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Description: Obverse: King, on horseback, crowned, with cross-topped sceptre, riding r. Reverse: Equal-armed cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ՍՄԲԱՏ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ (Smbat king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔ Ի ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1685
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