History and coin finds in
Georgia, Sasanian coin finds and hoards
Medea Tsotselia
Among foreign coins found on the territory of Georgia the Sasanian
drachms are of particular interest. The widespread use of the coins issued by
the Sasanian shahan shahs on the territory of East Georgia – Kartli provides a
valuable evidence for economic-trade, political and social history of the region
in the Sasanian period. From the 5th c AD until the beginning of the
7th c AD the inflow of the Sasanian royal coinage played the
principal part in the monetary market of East Georgia.
This volume lists the single finds and hoards of Sasanian coins found in
Georgia. In this book, Sasanian drachms found in 30 hoards from the 3rd
c. to the 8th c. are listed
The volume is supplied with 16 plates of coins and 3 topographical maps
illustrating Sasanian coin finds in Georgia.
Medea Tsotselia is the Head of the Numismatic Department of the Janashia
Georgian State Museum.
ISBN 90-806616-7-8