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Kopeck - Ivan IV Velikiy Novgorod, ВАЯ
| Issuer | Tsardom of Russia |
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| Year | 1547-1584 |
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| Technique | Hammered (wire) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts an armored equestrian figure — the Tsar or a warrior saint — riding right on horseback, with a spear or lance raised and directed downward toward a prostrate foe or serpent beneath the horse's hooves, rendered in the characteristic schematic style of Russian wire money. The design is struck on an irregular flan typical of hand-cut silver wire, resulting in partial rendering of the image at the edges. The relief is bold and uneven, with the horse and rider occupying the majority of the available flan surface. Partial Cyrillic mint letters (ВАЯ) identifying the Velikiy Novgorod mint are visible in the field. The overall execution is consistent with mid-sixteenth-century Russian hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire flan, arranged in five horizontal lines across the field without a surrounding border, characteristic of Russian wire kopecks of the Tsardom period. The legend reads ЦРЪИ ВЕЛIКIИ КНSЬIВА НЪВСЕЯ РУСIИ, translating as 'Tsar and Grand Prince Ivan of all Rus', proclaiming the full titular authority of Ivan IV. The lettering is rendered in bold, slightly archaic Cyrillic characters with ligatures, struck on an irregular planchet that causes portions of the legend to fall off the flan. The flat, text-only reverse is a defining feature of Russian chekha (wire money) kopecks of this era. |
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| Mintage | ND (1547-1584) - Velikiy Novgorod |
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