Colchian money - "Colchian tetri"
Place of discovery: Georgia;
Kingdom of Colchis (1250-164 BC);
**Type: **II type didrachm
Description, picture:
Silver. Weight: ex. 9,6 gr., 9,9 gr., 10,4 gr. – Persian stater;
ex. 8,7 gr., 9,2 gr., – Attic didrachm.
d≈18/20-21/23 mm.
**Obverse: **Archaic female head to the right within the linear circle (the same as on the II type hemidrachm).
**Reverse: **Two identical archaic female heads facing each other each in quadratum incusum.
**Mint: **Phasis.
**Nominal: **Persian staters – ex. 9,6 gr., 9,9 gr., 10,4 gr. Attic didrachms – ex. 8,7 gr., 9,2 gr.
**Date: 6th-**5th c. B.C.
**Collection: **Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia – 7 samples, GF. (Fund of Treasury, Numismatic Collection, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia) №4809, QF. (Main Fund of the Georgian Coins, Numismatic Collection, Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia) №1-2, QF. №1630, QF. №2849, QF. №3825, QF. №3826; Kutaisi State Museum – 2 samples; Hermitage – 1 sample; American Numismatic Association – 1 sample.
კოლხური ფული - "კოლხური თეთრი"
აღმოჩენის ადგილი: საქართველო;
კოლხეთის სამეფო (ძვ.წ. 1250-164 წწ.);
არტეფაქტის ასაკი: ძვ.წ. VI-V საუკუნე.