Source: Dr Alexander Abuladze
Owner: Owner - Georgian National Museum (Purtseladze Str., 3, Tbilisi) http://museum.ge/?lang_id=ENG
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgiy III (in Georgian გიáƒáƒ გი III) (died 27 March 1184) — tsar of Georgia (1154-1184) from Bagrationi Dynasty, afther of Georgian Tsarina Tamar.
Comments from Dr Alexander Abuladze.
Year 1174. Copper, weight 5.56 gr, dimension (diameter) 22 Ñ… 23 mm.
On facial side of the coin there is depiction of the sitting tsar Giorgiy III with hunting bird of prey on hand and with relevant monarchic symbols and redcued inscription "Gee". On some coins monogramm "ႢႨ" and designation of year "ႵႰႩႲႯႣ " on Ancient-Georgian script "asomtavruli" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_scripts#Asomtavruli
are added. It should be noted that on some coints of that minting the bird is sitting on the left hand of the Tsar Giorgiy III.
On reverse side of the coint there is an inscription by Arabic script -
"The tsar of tsar Giorgiy, son of Demetres and envoy of Messiah"
ملك الملوك
كيوركى بن ديمطرى
Øسام المسيØ
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