One Tram | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1986.528.476
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: One Tram
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1296-1298
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cilicia
Culture: Armenian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181776

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: irreg.: 2.1cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
3.02 g

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: 1986.528.476
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: king seated on a lion throne, holding a cross in his right hand and a fleur-de-lys in his left; reverse: two lions rampant on either side of a long cross. Inscription in Armenian. Beaded inner and outer borders on obverse; beaded inner border on reverse.

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