Georgia AH 1190 puli

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3054

This specimen was lot 3054 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GEORGIA: Erekle II, 1762-1798, AE puli, Tiflis (Tbilisi), AH119(0), fish between two floral patterns // ruler's name in Georgian, mint and date in Persian below, date can only be 1190 for this type; porous surfaces, lovely F-VF, 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 1190 and 1195 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.9-5.94 g, copper, this specimen 5.61 g.

Catalog reference: KM-50, Bennett-889/92.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• Georgia AH 1168 2 puli = 1754
• Georgia AH 1201 2 puli = 1786
• Coins and currency dated 1776