Coin as a Means of Propaganda (According to Georgian Numismatics)
Coin as a Means of Propaganda (According to Georgian Numismatics)
Author(s): Tedo Dundua, Emil AvdalianiSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Нижневартовский государственный университет
Keywords: Georgia; Numismatics; Mithras; Iran; Byzantium; Tbilisi; Propaganda
Summary/Abstract: Everywhere coin facilitated exchange of goods. It was employed also for different propaganda. Georgians did the same as seen in the monetary groups and types as follows: municipal copper coins of Trapezus with the effigy of Mithras, Georgian-Sassanian drachms, Georgian-Byzantine coins, coins of Giorgi III — king with falcon on hand. So, at least some of monetary types issued in Georgia served for propaganda.
Journal: Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 300-311
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English