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1000 Dram Vorotan Carpet
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 1000 Dram |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a gold-colored diamond lattice pattern with serrated edges, rendered in high relief against a polished background. The Armenian state arms appears in the upper left of the field. The face value is inscribed below the central motif. A surrounding legend frames the design along the borders of the rectangular flan. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a full-color reproduction of the traditional Armenian Vorotan carpet, featuring three prominent octagonal medallions with intricate geometric and zoomorphic motifs in red, green, gold, blue, and ivory, surrounded by a multi-bordered frame characteristic of the regional weaving tradition. The Armenian inscription ՎՈՐՈTAN runs vertically along the left border of the field, and the Latin legend VOROTAN CARPET runs vertically along the right border. Below the carpet image, a bilingual inscription in Armenian and Latin reads ՆՈՐ XIX century, indicating the carpet dates to the 19th century. |
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The Vorotan carpet tradition originates from the Vorotan River valley in the Syunik region of southern Armenia, an area that remained relatively isolated through much of the Soviet period — a circumstance that helped preserve weaving techniques and pattern vocabularies that were systematically suppressed or standardized elsewhere. Armenian carpet weaving as a documented craft dates to at least the fifth century, with medieval Armenian sources distinguishing regional styles by their knotting density and dye sources.
The Central Bank of Armenia has issued a recurring numismatic series dedicated to Armenian carpet types since 2011. This 2018 piece continues that program, each entry dedicated to a geographically distinct tradition.