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Hroshyk - Mikhail Olelkovich Countermark Group VI
| Issuer | Principality of Kyiv (Rus Principalities) |
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| Year | 1481 |
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| Weight | 0.8 g |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of the host denga flan showing a stylized bird or heraldic motif — consistent with standard Muscovite or Lithuanian denga reverse types of the late 15th century — rendered in low relief with a beaded or rope-pattern border partially visible around the irregular flan edge. The design is somewhat flattened and worn as a result of the countermarking process applied to the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mikhail Olelkovich ruled Kiev under Lithuanian suzerainty until 1470, when Casimir IV abolished the Kievan principality outright and replaced him with a royal governor. This hroshyk — countermarked under Group VI — dates to over a decade after that suppression, suggesting it circulated as validated coinage within a polity that had already lost its autonomous prince. The countermark itself is the issuing authority's claim on a coin that predates the political structure stamping it.