Catalog
AR Dirham - Anonymous
| Issuer | Georgia, Kingdom of (1010-1490) |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is mute (silent), bearing no legible inscription or figurative design, as catalogued by Kapanadze on page 111. The flan surface is heavily worn and encrusted, consistent with prolonged circulation and subsequent corrosion. No mint name, date, or issuer's name is present, classifying this as an anonymous type within the medieval Georgian coinage series. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Anonymous silver dirhams of the Georgian kingdom present persistent attribution difficulties — the deliberate omission of a ruler's name was not administrative oversight but a calculated political or religious choice, sometimes reflecting contested succession, sometimes deference to a nominal Islamic suzerain whose name equally could not appear. At 0.55g, this piece is well below the standard Abbasid dirham weight, suggesting either local adaptation or heavy clipping in circulation.