Puli - Vakhtang VI

€97,690.00
IssuerKartli, Kingdom of (1490-1762)
Year1708
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1/4 Bisti
CurrencyAbazi (-1801)
CompositionCopper
Weight4.4 g
Dimensions21 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
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Obverse descriptionThreemasted ship and pigeon descending. Below on the waves date: 1708 or 1709, presented as 178 or 179, without 0. Circle around.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering178 or 179
Reverse descriptionTwo zodiacal fishes in the centre and Georgian Mkhedruli legend abbreviation for the name of Vakhtang: ვნგ or ვტგ. All in ornamented frame
Reverse script
Reverse letteringPersian legend. mint and date. فلوس ضرب تفليس ١١٢٠
(Translation: Pulus (in this case, general term for copper money) was struck at Tbilisi in 1120 (=1708/1709).)
Edge
Mint
Mintage1120 (1708)  - Obverse 178 Rare -
1120 (1708)  - Obverse 179 Rare -
1120 (1708)  - without 178 or 179 -
Catalog ID7369462920
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