Regular AE - George III falcon in the left hand

This issue falls within the reign of George III of Georgia, who ruled from 1156 to 1184 — a period sandwiched between the consolidation achieved under David the Builder and the extraordinary reign of his granddaughter Tamar. Georgian copper coinage of this period circulated alongside silver and occasionally gold issues but served the everyday market economy of a kingdom that was, by the mid-twelfth century, the dominant military and commercial power in the South Caucasus. The falcon attribute carried specific dynastic weight at the Georgian court, where falconry signaled royal authority in a deeply codified visual language.