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1 Groschen - Stephen II Type V
| Issuer | Moldavia |
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| Year | 1433-1445 |
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| Currency | Groschen (1375-1665) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the dynastic tamgha, composed of the letter M pierced by a sword, serving as the principal heraldic device. A key is positioned to the right of the shield in the field. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a Gothic uncial legend running along the outer border of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Stephen II ruled Moldavia under near-constant dynastic pressure, sharing or contesting the throne multiple times between 1433 and 1447. Type V of his groschen coinage is understood to represent a later emission within his reign, though the precise sequencing of Moldavian groschen types from this period remains a matter of ongoing numismatic debate — Moldavian mint records from the 1430s and 1440s are fragmentary at best.