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1/2 Bisti anonymous Beast
| Issuer | Kartli, Kingdom of (1490-1762) |
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| Year | 1645 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | A stylized beast depicted in right-facing profile, featuring prominent clawed feet, rendered in a crude yet expressive hammered style characteristic of Georgian copper coinage of the period. The creature is surrounded by decorative floral elements arranged throughout the field. Due to the nature of hammered production on an irregular planchet, portions of the design are typically weak or missing at the edges. |
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| Reverse description | Three lines of stylized Persian-script (Nasta'liq) inscription occupy the central field, identifying the denomination and mint. As is typical of this issue, a significant portion of the legend falls outside the planchet due to the irregular flan and hammered technique, rendering much of the text off-flan. The visible elements conform to the standard Tiflis mint formula for copper fulus coinage of the mid-seventeenth century. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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