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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Value | 1 Kopeck (1 Копейка) (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a mounted horseman (the traditional image of the tsar as knight) facing right, brandishing a lance or spear downward toward a serpent or prostrate figure beneath the horse's hooves, rendered in the archaic wire money style characteristic of Russian chekanka coinage. The equestrian figure occupies the majority of the irregularly shaped flan, with the horse shown in full stride. The design is executed in low, somewhat crude relief consistent with the hammered wire technique, with the outline of the flan determined by the cut of the silver wire blank. Above the horseman, the Cyrillic date inscription ҂АѰВ (corresponding to the year 7210 in the Byzantine calendar, equivalent to 1702 AD) is visible in the field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire irregular field, reading ЦРЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕѮѢЕВИЧЪ, identifying the issuing ruler as Tsar Pyotr Alexeyevich (Peter I). The lettering is arranged in horizontal lines across the flan in the traditional format of Russian wire kopecks (chekanka), with bold, slightly uneven Cyrillic characters struck in relief. The inscription occupies the full surface of the planchet, leaving little open field, consistent with the compact format imposed by the small wire-cut silver blank. The style reflects the established typology of Muscovite wire money that had remained largely unchanged since the sixteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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