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2 Groshen - Alexandru I cel Bun
| Issuer | Moldavia |
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| Year | 1400-1432 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the Moldavian aurochs head (bour) facing, with a star between the horns, flanked by a crescent to the left and a rosette or annulet to the right — the traditional heraldic devices of the Principality of Moldavia. The design is rendered in a bold, somewhat crude medieval style characteristic of hammered coinage of this period. A circular legend in Gothic script runs along the periphery within a beaded border, partially legible due to the irregular flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a quartered heraldic shield combining the Hungarian barry fesse (horizontal bars) on the dexter side with the Angevin lily or Moldavian charge on the sinister side, enclosed within a raised border. The shield is rendered in the Gothic heraldic tradition consistent with late 14th- to early 15th-century Moldavian coinage influenced by Hungarian numismatic conventions. A peripheral legend in Gothic script surrounds the shield within a beaded border, partially obscured by the irregular edges of the hammered flan. |
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