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2 Hryvni Elisiv of Kiev
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Nickel brass (German silver) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylised frontal effigy of Ellisif (Yelysaveta Yaroslavna), Queen of Norway and Denmark, depicted in a hieratic medieval manner with a crown, long braided hair, and hands clasped in prayer before her chest, with a tryzub motif visible at the centre of her robes. To the left of the central figure is a relief panel depicting a Viking warrior in combat, and to the right a seated royal figure holding a stringed instrument, both rendered in a Romanesque-Rus relief style. The upper field carries two horizontal bands of Cyrillic inscription identifying her title, while the lower field bears two further inscription bands with her Ruthenian names. The overall composition evokes medieval manuscript illumination and Scandinavian stone carving traditions. |
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Elisiv of Kyiv — known in Norse sources as Ellisif — was the daughter of Yaroslav the Wise and the wife of Harald Hardrada, the Norwegian king whose 1066 invasion of England ended at Stamford Bridge three weeks before Hastings. According to the Heimskringla, Harald pursued Elisiv for years before she agreed to marry him, and she accompanied him to Norway after his campaigns in the Varangian Guard. The coin was issued amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, part of a broader NBU program reasserting Kyivan Rus heritage as distinctly Ukrainian.