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Irregular AE Fals - Giorgi IV Lasha
| Issuer | Kingdom of Georgia |
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| Year | 1210 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Georgian (Asomtavruli) |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan bearing a dense multi-line Arabic and Persian legend filling the central field within a linear border. The legend, executed in a cursive naskh-derived hand, identifies the ruler with his full titulature and patronymic, and includes a Persian mint formula recording the year of issue. The script is arranged in horizontal registers across the field, with no figurative devices or ornamental elements. Surface patination is deep olive-green with areas of malachite encrustation consistent with prolonged burial. The strike is off-centre in places, a characteristic feature of this irregular fals series. |
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Giorgi IV Lasha inherited the throne in 1213 after the death of Tamar — Georgia's greatest medieval ruler — and his reign almost immediately collided with the first Mongol reconnaissance raids into the Caucasus, which penetrated as far as the Kura River valley by 1220. The coinage of his brief reign is administratively chaotic by design: Georgian copper fals of this period were struck under delegated regional authority with little central control over dies or weight standards, producing the dimensional and typological irregularities that define this group.
The "irregular" designation reflects genuine production variance rather than post-mint damage.