Puli anonymous Rhinoceros

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.