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Puli - Heraclius II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti |
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| Year | 1766 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a bold inscription in Asomtavruli Georgian script arranged in the upper portion, reading the royal monogram RKL (an abbreviation for Erekle, i.e. Heraclius II), accompanied by Arabic legends identifying the mint and date. The Arabic text reads 'ضرب ١١٧٩ تفليس ضرب', indicating the coin was struck at Tiflis (Tbilisi) in the year 1179 AH (1766 AD). The legends are arranged in multiple registers across the field, executed in the characteristic rough hammered style of the Tiflis Mint. The flan displays the same irregular, scalloped periphery as the obverse, consistent with hand-struck Georgian copper issues of this period. |
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| Mint | Tiflis Mint |
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Kartli and Kakheti, the two eastern Georgian kingdoms, had been formally unified under Heraclius II since 1762, but the geopolitical situation remained precarious — squeezed between Ottoman pressure from the west and Safavid and later Qajar pressure from the east. This copper puli was struck just four years into that unified kingdom, before the 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk placed Kartli-Kakheti under Russian protection. Low-denomination copper issues from this reign rarely survived in decent condition; they circulated hard in a cash-poor frontier economy.