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Regular AE - Giorgi III falcon in the right hand

Issuer Kingdom of Georgia
Year 1174
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Currency Drachm
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Obverse lettering გი ႵႰႩ ႲႯႣ
(Translation: GI ( first two letters of the name GIORGI))
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Giorgi III consolidated royal authority in Georgia through deliberate suppression of noble opposition, including the blinding and imprisonment of the pretender Demna in 1177. His coinage reflects a reign defined by centralizing ambition — the king actively worked to subordinate the great aznauri families who had fragmented power during earlier reigns. Georgian copper issues of this period circulated alongside a thriving trade economy fed by the Silk Road routes passing through Tbilisi, then one of the most cosmopolitan cities between Constantinople and Baghdad.

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