Large Pogh | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1986.528.363
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Large Pogh
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1320-1342
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cilicia
Culture: Armenian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181677

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: irreg.: 2.1 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
2.41 g
Denomination: penny

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Nanette Rodney Kelekian, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
Accession Year: 1986
Object Number: 1986.528.363
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: seated king, holding staff or cross in proper right hand; reverse: cross with a line in each quadrant. Beaded inner border. Inscription in Armenian.

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