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10 000 Dram Martiros Sarian
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylised landscape after a painting by Martiros Sarian, featuring bare trees and low buildings in the middle ground set against the twin-peaked silhouette of Mount Ararat in the background. The denomination 10000 and the Armenian legend ԴՐԱՄ appear in large characters across the lower portion of the field. The surrounding border carries the circular Armenian legend ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԿԵՆՏՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆԿ and the date 2005, all rendered against a recessed, darkened rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10000 ԴՐԱՄ 2005 ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԿԵՆՏՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆԿ |
| Reverse description | Facing bust of the Armenian-Soviet painter Martiros Sarian, turned slightly to the left, rendered in high relief against a polished, darkened field. A small engraver's mark appears to the lower right of the portrait. The upper border carries the bilingual legend in Armenian script and Latin characters, reading ՄԱՐՏԻՐՈՍ ՍԱՐՅԱՆ and MARTIROS SARIAN respectively, while the artist's birth and death years 1880-1972 are inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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