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Puli anonymous Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Kartli, Kingdom of (1490-1762) |
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| Year | 1701 |
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| Weight | 4.1 g |
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| Reverse description | A multi-line Persian inscription in Naskh script occupies the central field, reading from right to left across the flan. The legend records the mint name (Tiflis), the denomination (fulus), and the Hijri date 1112 (AD 1701). The strike is weak in areas due to the hammered technique and irregular planchet, with the text partially flattened at the edges. |
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| Reverse lettering | ١١١٢ فلوس ضرب تفليس (Translation: 1112 Struck Fulus Tiflis) |
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Kartli's copper puli coinage of the early eighteenth century was produced under conditions of near-constant political pressure — the kingdom oscillating between Safavid Persian suzerainty and Ottoman interference, with Georgian kings frequently required to convert to Islam as a condition of retaining their thrones. Vakhtang VI, who came to power around this period, was himself compelled to nominally adopt Islam before later reconverting and ultimately fleeing to Russia in 1724.
The "rhinoceros" attribution in anonymous puli series refers to a specific die classification in the scholarly literature, not a self-description by the issuing authority.