50 Dram Vayots Dzor

Vayots Dzor is one of Armenia's smallest and most mountainous provinces, best known internationally as the location of Areni-1 cave — where archaeologists in 2010 uncovered the world's oldest known leather shoe and, separately, the earliest evidence of wine production, dated to roughly 6,100 years ago. The regional series of Armenian circulation coinage issued around this period reflects a broader national effort to anchor provincial identity in everyday exchange.