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Strangely shaped coin of King George IV of Georgia, 1210 AD (media.kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Interesting. The writing on the coin is Asomtavruli, the oldest script in Georgia, used by the Georgian Orthodox Church in ceremonial religious texts and iconography.

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[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Clearly someone was a visionary, born too early, without the means for their ideas to come to fruition

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