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Puli Anonymous Lion attacking prey
| Issuer | Georgia › Kingdom of Kartli (1490-1762) |
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| Year | 1148 (1735) |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | A predatory feline, identified as a lion, depicted in dynamic profile striding to the left and attacking a prey animal, rendered in a bold, schematic style characteristic of Georgian hammered copper coinage. The prey, likely a stag or ungulate, is shown prostrate beneath the lion, with its legs splayed and head raised. The figures are rendered in low relief with strong, deeply struck outlines against a plain field. No legend or inscription appears on this side. The execution is typical of the crude but vigorous engraving tradition of the Tiflis mint in the early eighteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a two-line Persian-script legend arranged within a rectangular cartouche divided by a horizontal line, a layout characteristic of Georgian fulus of this period. The upper register contains the mint epithet and place name, reading 'Zarb Tiflis' (struck at Tiflis), while the lower register gives the Arabic regnal year 1148. The lettering is struck in low relief with the cursive Naskh hand typical of Caucasian copper coinage of the period, and the field shows the roughness inherent to hammered production. |
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| Reverse lettering | فلس ضرب تفلس ١١۴۸ |
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