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ID number: BIRBI-AR0181 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Levon IV; Sis Denomination: Takvorin Place made: Eurasia: Cilicia, Kozan Culture: Armenian Date made: 1320-1342 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.12 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 2152. |
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Description: Obverse: King, on horseback, crowned, with trefoil-topped sceptre, riding r. Reverse: Lion, rampant, facing r., holding cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՌ ՀԱՅ (Levon king of the Armenians) Reverse: + ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ԳԱՂԱԳ ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 1980v
Notes: Pierced at 0 degrees on obverse.
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