1 Apsar The Dormition Cathedral of Dranda

Features

Issuer	Abhazja
Period	Republic (1992-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2016
Value	1 Apsar
Currency	Apsar
Composition	Mosiądz plated stal
Weight	5 g
Diameter	22 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 93988

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Commemorative issue

Sobór Zaśnięcia NMP w Drandzie Automatically translated

Series: Temples of Abkhazia

Obverse

W górnej środkowej części, na gładkim polu - reliefowy wizerunek godła państwowego Republiki Abchazji, pod nim - napis w języku abchaskim "Аҧсны Абанк (Bank Abchazji). Półokrągłe napisy nad godłem państwowym wskazują nominał monety. W dolnej części monety, na zmatowionym polu i wypukłym małym drukiem umieszczono pięciowierszowy napis "Аҧсны Абанк" oraz rok wybicia "2016". Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

In the upper central part, on the smooth field - the relief picture of the State Emblem of the Republic of Abkhazia, under it - the inscription in Abkhaz “Аҧсны Абанк (The Bank of Abkhazia). The semicircular inscriptions above the State Emblem indicate the denomination of the coin. In the lower part of the coin, on the matted field and raised small print inscriptions of five lines “Аҧсны Абанк” and the year of mintage "2016".

Script: Cyrylica

Lettering:
1 ҦСАРК
ММД
АҦСНЫ АБАНК
2016

Reverse

W centralnej części monety - wizerunek katedry Zaśnięcia NMP w Drandzie, po lewej - wizerunek budowniczego katedry bizantyjskiego cesarza Justyniana Wielkiego, po prawej - wizerunek krzyża w Drandzie, w górnej środkowej części monety - półokrągły napis w języku abchaskim "Нанҳәа иазку Дранда-ныха" (Katedra Zaśnięcia NMP w Drandzie). Napis pod wizerunkiem katedry wskazuje datę jej budowy. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

In the central part of the coin- the image of the Dormition Cathedral of Dranda, to the left – the picture of the cathedral builder the Byzantine Emperor - Great Justinian, to the right – the picture of the Dranda cross, in the upper central part of the coin - the semicircular inscription in abkhazian «Нанҳәа иазку Дранда-ныха» (The Dormition Cathedral of Dranda). The inscription under the image of the Cathedral indicates the date of the building.

Script: Cyrylica

Lettering: НАНҲӘА ИАЗКУ ДРАНДА-НЫХА

Edge

Trzcina Automatically translated

Mint

Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)

Comments

(en) According to the Roman historian Procopius of Caesarea, in 551 emperor Justinian I built a temple in these environs, this is believed by some to have been what is now the cathedral in Dranda. In the Georgian Orthodox Catholicate of Abkhazia, Dranda was the seat of a Bishop.

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2016 Temples of Abkhazia

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2016 ММД			2 000							$ 16

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