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5000 Dram Vardan Mamikonian
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Armenian |
| Obverse lettering | 5000 ԴՐԱՄ 2016 ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԿԵՆՏՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆԿ (Translation: Dram Republic of Armenia Central Bank) |
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Vardan Mamikonian led the Armenian rebellion against Sasanian Persia at the Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD — a military defeat by any tactical measure, yet one that effectively secured Armenian Christian identity when Persia eventually abandoned forced Zoroastrianization a generation later. He was canonized by the Armenian Apostolic Church, an unusual distinction for a military commander whose defining engagement ended in his death on the field.