Goitered Gazelle 50 Luma Nagorno-Karabakh Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Hunting) (Ritual Sacrifice)
Goitered Gazelle 50 Luma Nagorno-Karabakh Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Hunting) (Ritual Sacrifice)
Goitered Gazelle 50 Luma Nagorno-Karabakh Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Hunting)
Obverse: Coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Lettering:
NAGORNO-KARABAKH
ԼԵՌՆԱՅԻՆ ՂԱՐԱԲԱՂԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ
ԱՐՑԱԽ
REPUBLIC
Translation: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Artsakh
Reverse: Goitered Gazelle leaping to right.
Lettering: 50 LUMA
2004
Features
Issuer Artsakh
Period Republic (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2004
Value 50 Luma (0.50)
Currency Dram (2003-date)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 0.95 g
Diameter 19.8 mm
Thickness 1.4 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 2413
References KM# 7
Wikipedia:
The goitered or black-tailed gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) is a gazelle found in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in northwest China and Mongolia. The specific name, meaning "full below the throat", refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season.
Habitat
The goitered gazelle inhabits sands and gravel plains and limestone plateau. Large herds were also present in the Near East. Some 6,000 years ago, they were captured and killed with the help of desert kites. Rock art found in Jordan suggests ritual slaughter. In Iran, one can walk among different areas from green mixed forests towards mountainous or semi-arid steppes in Golestan & Tandoureh National Park to find Goitered gazelle. Goitered gazelles look different according to hot and cold seasons; they look brighter in the summers, while they are more furry in winter.
Behavior
It runs at high speed, without the leaping, bounding gait seen in other gazelle species. Throughout much of their range, goitered gazelles migrate seasonally. Herds cover 10–30 km per day in the winter, with these distances being reduced to about 1–3 km in summer.
Their mating behavior is polygynous and usually occurs in the early winter.
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absolutely beautiful coin, description matches what I received. Thank you.