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5 Apsars Leon II
| Issuer | Bank of Abkhazia |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Аҧсны Абанк АНАҞӘАҧИА ҚӘҬЕШЬ 5 ҧсар Аҧсны АҲӘЫНҬҚАРРА IX АШӘ |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Abkhazia's apsar coinage occupies genuinely unusual legal territory — issued by the Bank of Abkhazia, a central bank recognized by only a handful of UN member states, these pieces circulate in a republic whose independence remains contested under international law. The apsar itself has never functioned as everyday currency; it exists primarily as a collector and diplomatic artifact, a numismatic assertion of statehood more than a medium of exchange.
Leon II ruled Abkhazia in the 9th century and is credited with breaking from the Georgian Bagratid orbit to establish a briefly dominant Abkhazian kingdom stretching across much of the western Caucasus.