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1000 Drams Christianity in Armenia
| Issuer | Artsakh |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 31.3 g |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) depicted at centre, featuring an eagle with spread wings perched upon a horizontal bar, a crowned shield on its breast bearing a tower motif, and a radiating sunburst in the background, all within a circular wreath of olive and palm branches. The Armenian legend ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ԱՐՑԱԽ arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 and the legend ՀԱՋԱՐ ԱՐՑԱԽՅԱՆ ԴՐԱՄ appear in the lower field. The date 2003 is inscribed at the top of the field, and the fineness mark 999 appears to the right. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed Armenian khachkar (stone cross) occupies the centre of the field, rendered with intricate interlaced foliate and geometric ornamentation characteristic of medieval Armenian ecclesiastical stone-carving tradition. The Armenian legend ՔՐԻՍՏՈՆՅԱ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆ-1700 arcs around the upper periphery, flanked by decorative dot borders. The Latin inscription KHATCHKAR appears to the upper right of the cross, with the numeral 301 to the lower left, the word Armenia to the right, and the year 2001 in the lower right field, commemorating 1700 years of Christianity in Armenia (301 AD). |
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Artsakh — the self-declared republic occupying the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region — issued commemorative coinage in the early 2000s largely as an assertion of statehood, recognized by virtually no UN member. This 2003 piece marks the 1700th anniversary of Armenia's adoption of Christianity in 301 AD, when King Tiridates III converted following his reported cure by Gregory the Illuminator, making Armenia the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion.