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100 Leva St. Petka of Bulgaria
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a three-quarter length effigy of Saint Petka of Bulgaria (Sveta Petka Tarnovska), shown in a frontal pose with hands clasped in prayer before her chest and holding a small cross. She is rendered in the style of a Byzantine icon, wearing the monastic habit with a halo (nimbus) behind her head. The legend 'СВ. ПЕТКА БЪЛГАРСКА' arcs along the left and lower periphery, while 'СТА ПЕТКА' appears in the field to the right of the figure, all within a polished proof field. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 2,500 |
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St. Petka Tarnovska — also known as Paraskeva of Tarnovo — was a 14th-century Bulgarian ascetic whose relics became extraordinary political currency across the Orthodox world. Her remains were transferred from Tarnovo to Vidin, then to Serbia, and ultimately to Istanbul following the Ottoman conquest, where they remained for centuries before being moved again to Iași. That a Bulgarian state coin commemorates her is itself a quiet assertion of national continuity against a history of displacement and foreign rule.