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XIV в. до начала XV в. по монетным данным. КСИИМК. вып. 66. М. 1956, gv. 47.
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Summary
There were several attempts to unify Georgia after the events of the
midst of the 13th c. Georgian king Giorgi the Brilliant (1318-1346)
almost succeeded in it towards the 30-ieth of the 14th c. Georgian records
and historiography also claim for him to liberate the country from the
Mongol overlordship, i.e. from the Il-Khans residing in Persia.
Still, the Muslim sources record about tribute paid by the
Georgians even now, and money used to be struck at Tbilisi mint on
behalf of the Il-Khans.
The best academic solution of the problem is to harmonize all the
data, stating both – unification of Georgia, commence of restoring the
economic links between Western and Eastern Georgia, disintegration of
the Il-Khan state and weakening of the Mongols’ real power over the
country; and also, still formal suzerainty of the Mongols over Georgia,
expressed in annual tribute and through issues of Tbilisi mint with the
names of the Il-Khans. That could be normal.
Instead, some specialists decided to strengthen the Georgian
records by claiming the small group of the Georgian silver coins with
“eye-type” and the Georgian legend – “King of the Kings Giorgi”, for
Giorgi the Brilliant. They call this group “Giorgauli”.
Analysis of the money hoards, coin weights and the Georgian
documents led us to a conclusion as follows: small silver pieces
described above could had been struck only towards the end of the 14th c.
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And there was no national silver issue for Giorgi the Brilliant but, maybe,
only copper pieces, having name of Il-Khan Abu Said put on them
together with Georgian initial for Giorgi.
Still, this king did much unifying and strengthening the country,
thus weakening Asiatic control over it.
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