Medal - 1 Stak First Republic of Armenia

Features

Location	Soviet Union (Russia)
Issuing entity	Goznak
Period	Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Type	Commemorative medals
Year	1991
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	17.25 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 578279

Commemorative issue

Proclamation of the First Republic of Armenia on 28.05.1918

Obverse

Two coins: one with Tigranes II the Great, another with pomegranate branches

Script: Armenian

Lettering:
ՏԻՐԳԱՆ ՄԵՏՆ ԱՐՏԸԱՎԵՐ ՏՐԱՄ Մ. ՏԱ. Ա. ԱՆԴ ԴԱՐ
ՈՒՍՈՒՆ
ԲԱՐԵՂՈՐՉԱԿԱՆ
1991

Unabridged legend: STAK stands for COIN

Translation:
SILVER DRAM OF TIGRANES THE GREAT, I CENTURY BC.
ONE STAK
FOR A GOOD DEED

Engraver: Ashot Adamyan (Աշոտ Խաչատուրովիչ Ադամյան)

Reverse

Winged eagle with spread wings, each one to represent a peak of Ararat Mountain.
Cross, shield and sword. Classical column base with spiral volutes from Garni temple. Grape cluster ornament.

Scripts: Armenian, Cyrillic

Lettering:
28.5.1918
ЛМД
ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ

Translation:
LMD
Republic of Armenia

Engraver: Ashot Adamyan (Աշոտ Խաչատուրովիչ Ադամյան)

Edge

Plain

Mint

(ЛМД)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (1724-date)

Comments

Presumably the item was also distributed among the person who participated in the liquidation of the earthquake in Armenia (1988).

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Date	Mintage
Undetermined
1991 ЛМД	2 000
1991 ЛМД	2 000	proof

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