Description
Didrachm from VI -V century BC. Coin set on sterling silver handcrafted surrounding
structure.
Coin, setting and chain made of sterling silver.
Chain length : 55cm
Coin diameter : 2,1cm
Made in Georgia
On obverse: Lying hermaphrodite lion to the right/left with a head turned back.
On reverse: Kneeling female figure with a bull’s head to the right/left in quadratum incusum.
“Colchian tetri” is a name of a coin group. Initially, the name “Colchian tetri” was attributed to
the II type hemidrachms (the same triobol. Obv. Archaic female head to the right/left within
the linear circle or in border of the dots; Rev. Bull’s head to the right within the linear circle).
They are abundantly represented in West Georgia and are without doubt of the Colchian origin.