Saint Gregory the Illuminator 1 Dram Nagorno Karabakh Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making
Obverse: Coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Lettering: NAGORNO-KARABAKH
ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ
ԱՐՑԱԽ
REPUBLIC
Translation: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Artsakh
Reverse: Saint Gregory.
Lettering: SAINT GREGORY
1 DRAM
2004
Features
Issuer Artsakh
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2004
Value 1 Dram
Currency Dram (2003-date)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.13 g
Diameter 21.7 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 2412
References KM# 9, Schön# 5
Wikipedia:
Gregory the Illuminator (Classical Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, Grigor Lusavorich; c. 257 – c. 331) is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He was a religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301.
Wikipedia:
The Nagorno-Karabakh dram (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի դրամ) is a monetary unit of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Although it is legal tender, it is not as widely used as the Armenian dram.
Two commemorative coins were issued in 2003, while seven different coins have also been issued, all dated 2004. They are two aluminum 50 luma coins featuring a horse and a leaping antelope, three aluminum 1 dram coins featuring a wildcat [cheetah], a pheasant and St. Gregory the Illuminator, two aluminum-bronze 5 dram coins featuring the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in the town of Shusha and the We Are Our Mountains monument right outside Stepanakert, and two aluminum 1000 dram coins featuring Lake Van and Kevork Chavush.
