Georgia AH 1168 2 puli
This specimen was lot 3050 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "GEORGIA: Teimuraz & Erekle, 1752-1762, AE 2 puli, Tiflis (Tbilisi), AH1168, falcon attacking a crane below // rulers' names indicated by first letters TE and ER in Georgian, the term khudabanda ("slave"), mint and date in Persian, attractive Fine, R." In the late eighteenth century, the kingdom of Georgia, which had once ruled most of the Caucasus mountains, had splintered. Russia had little difficulty vacuuming up the little pieces and by 1813 had extinguished all trace of independence. Persia and Turkey also had claims over the region but were defeated in several wars. This type was struck AH 1165-1169.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.9-5.94 g, copper, this specimen 8.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM-32 (unlisted date).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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