Georgia's first coinage as an independent state after the fall of the USSR reflects the country's 3,000 year history. This 5-thetri coin depicts a gold lion statue from the 3rd millennium BCE. It was found in a barrow (burial mound) in the Alazani Valley.
This coin was minted in 1993 only.
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