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Silver. The weights range from 1,7 to 2,6 gr. 

d=11/12-12/13 mm.

 Obverse: Lion’s head to the right/left, showing teeth.

 Reverse: Lioness’ protome to the right in quadratum incusum. Mint: Phasis. Nominal: Attic system hemidrachm...


Silver. Weight: sample of the Hague Museum – 10,40 gr., sample of the British Museum – 12,72 gr., sample of the Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia – 13 gr. The weights range from 10,40 to 13 gr. 

d≈22 mm. 
Obverse: Exceptionally depicted...

Gold. Weight: e.g. – 2,87 gr., 3,37 gr., 3,44 gr., 3,55 gr. d=18 mm., 19 mm., 20/21mm. Obverse: Draped bust of Valerian, laureted, right, a bit crude in style. Distorted Latin inscription: prototype – IMP. C. P. LIC. VALERIANVS AVG...

Silver. Weights range from 1,2 to 2,6 gr.

d≈12 mm.

 Obverse: Archaic female head to right/left within the linear circle or in border of the dots

. Reverse: Bull’s head to right within the linear circle. Some of the coins are with the...

Jason and the Argonauts arriving at Colchis. The Argonautica tells the myth of their voyage to retrieve the Golden Fleece, painting by Charles de La Fosse, circa 1672. Palace of Versailles.

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Statue of Medea, a Colchian princess best known in Greek mythology for her relationship with the Greek hero Jason, created by the famous Georgian sculptor Davit Khmalazde, erected in 2007 in Batumi, Georgia. The sculpture symbolizes the...