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AR Dirham - Anonymous Bagrat V?
| Issuer | Georgia, Kingdom of (1010-1490) |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a Sunni kalima or unidentified inscription contained within a square cartouche. A surrounding circular legend, largely illegible due to the crudeness of striking, frames the central design. The outer border is composed of a ring of small pellets. The overall execution is characteristic of late medieval Georgian imitative or anonymous silver coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Anonymous silver issues from the Kingdom of Georgia present persistent attribution problems, and this lightweight piece — well below the standard dirham weight — suggests either deliberate debasement or significant clipping during extended circulation. The Bagrat V attribution remains contested; his reign in the latter fourteenth century coincided with repeated Timurid incursions that devastated Georgian monetary infrastructure and created chaotic, often short-lived minting episodes from which documentary evidence rarely survives.