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1 Groschen - Alexander I Type V
| Issuer | Moldavia |
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| Year | 1400-1432 |
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| Value | 1 Groschen |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the auroch's head facing, the traditional heraldic symbol of Moldavia, with a five-pointed star issuing between the horns. Flanking the auroch's head are two secondary charges: a five-petaled rose to the right and a crescent to the left, both rendered in the field. The composition is enclosed within a circular legend in Latin uncial script. The overall style is consistent with hammered silver groschen struck under Alexander I the Good during the first third of the fifteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | *MONETA∴ALEXANDRI (Translation: Coin of Alexander.) |
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Alexander I, known as Alexandru cel Bun ("the Good"), ruled Moldavia for over three decades — one of the longest and most stable reigns in the principality's early history. His monetary output was substantial by regional standards, and the groschen series went through multiple die revisions across that span, producing the type classifications collectors now number sequentially. MBR#414 places this piece late enough in the typological sequence to reflect a mature, consolidated mint operation rather than the experimental early issues of his reign.