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ID number: BIRBI-AR0204 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Gosdantin III; Tarsus Denomination: Takvorin Place made: Eurasia: Mersin, Tarsus Culture: Armenian Date made: 1344-1363 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 1.38 Axis (degrees): 270.00 |

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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: ԿՏՆԴԻՆ ԹԱ․․Հ․ (Gosdantin king of the Armenians) Reverse: ՇԻՆ․․․ԳԱՂԱԳ ՏԱՐՍ (Struck in the city of Tarsus)
Bibliography: Bedoukian 2043v
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2 Related People |
| Gosdantin III Armenian 1313 1362
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| Tarsus Persian;Greek;Roman;Byzantine;Turkish;Frankish;Armenian
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