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1/2 Groschen - Bogdan II
| Issuer | Moldavia |
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| Year | 1449-1451 |
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| Weight | 0.60 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a heraldic shield bearing two weapons side by side: on the left, a sword or dagger with a diamond-shaped pommel pointing downward, and on the right, a Latin cross with a globular top. To the left of the shield, in the outer field, a crescent moon with its opening facing right. No legend is present on this face. The design is rendered in a bold, simplified hammered style characteristic of medieval Moldavian minor coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the heraldic auroch's head en face, the traditional arms of the Principality of Moldavia, with prominent upward-curving horns. Between the horns, a crescent surmounted by a six-pointed star. To either side of the head, a lozenge-shaped rosette. In the lower field to the left, a five-pellet rosette, and to the right, a crescent with its opening facing left. The composition is set without a surrounding legend, rendered in a bold hammered technique typical of mid-fifteenth century Moldavian coinage under Bogdan II. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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