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2132
2132 5 Kopecks 1796.
Cipher series
. Novodel. 33.17 gm. 37 mm. Edge: 5. Bit H903 (R2),
B 32. Orange red-brown, good lustre.
Choice brilliant uncirculated
$ 1,000
Comes with World Wide Coins of CA – James F. Elmen sales tag
Ge rgia
to 2x
to 2x
2133
2133 Ottoman Occupation. Ashrafi (Altun),
Tiflis
, AH 1115. GOLD. 3.45 gm. A-2706
(RR), Lang XI, 7; Artuk 1770, Pere 514, Bennett 743, Fr.10.
Extremely Fine and
Extremely Rare
$ 4,000
Ex Künker Auction 210, June 2012, lot 997;.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Auction 153, Oct. 2006, lot 5182.
During the Russo-Persian War of 1722-1723, Peter the Great’s armies captured portions of Iran’s northwest
territories, including parts of Daghestan, Azerbaijan and Baku. The Ottoman Turks, meanwhile, invaded the Safavid
Empire and seized other chunks of Iran’s northwestern realm. This included eastern Georgia and Tbilisi (Tiflis), which
they occupied from 1723-1735.
2136
2135
2134
2134
Russian Protectorate
. Erekle II (1762-1798). Bisti,
Tiflis
1781 - AH 1201 (1786/7
AD). 18.18 gm. Bennett 896 (RR). Double-headed eagle. The Western date and
Islamic date do not correspond which was often the case with this series which
began in 1783.
Very rare.
Slightly rough surfaces.
Very Fine
$ 500
2135
Russian Protectorate
. Erekle II (1762-1798). Bisti,
Tiflis
1787 - AH 1201. 16.9 gm.
Bennett 898 (R). Double-headed eagle.
About very fine
$ 250
2136
Russian Protectorate
. Erekle II (1762-1798). Half Bisti,
Tiflis
1796 - AH 1210 (1786/7
AD). 7.75 gm. Bennett 908a (R). Single-headed eagle,
hijra
date written as ”1201”.
Rich olive brown.
Very fine
$ 400
Erekle II was a strong, heroic and conscientious ruler, but he found his kingdom beset by the machinations of Persia
and the Ottomans, along with the marauding of Dagestan. When Russia expanded southwards into Crimea in 1783,