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ID number: BIRBI-AR0160 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gosdantin I; Sis Denomination: Kardez Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1298-1299 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 2.63 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 7933, August 1972, gift of J. J. Slocum. |
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Description: Obverse: King, standing, crowned, sword in r. hand, cross in l. hand. Reverse: Equal-armed cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ԿՈՍՏԱՆԴԻԱՆԽ ԹԱԳՌ (Gosdantin king) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԼ ԳԱՂԱԳՆ ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1729.
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