Coin Types in Georgia and the Graeco-Roman World
Journal: Brepols eBooks
Year: 2025

The Graeco-Roman world had intense relations with ancient Colchis and Iberia. Coins issued in the territory of these two Georgian kingdoms reflect this. The stylistic characteristics of Colchian coinage are an amalgamation of the Greek and Colchian concepts — the gods and goddesses popular among the Greeks were depicted, together with more unusual designs which were adaptations to local taste. Georgian imitations of Alexander- — and Lysimachus- — type staters appeared in the Hellenistic Age, ill