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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1711 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian figure of the Tsar depicted as a mounted lancer, shown in right-facing profile atop a galloping horse, with a long spear held diagonally across the field — the traditional iconography of the Russian wire kopeck derived from the St. George and dragon motif. The design is rendered in the characteristic bold, slightly crude relief typical of hammered wire-money coinage. The date in Church Slavonic numerals (҂АΨАI, equivalent to 1711) appears in the field. The flan is irregular in outline, as is standard for this struck-from-wire coinage type. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | Multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field, giving the full titles of the sovereign in the abbreviated form standard to wire kopecks of Peter I: Царь Петр Алексеевич всея России Самодержец (Tsar Peter Alexeyevich, Autocrat of all Russia). The lettering is arranged in compressed horizontal lines across the irregular flan, with the script rendered in the archaic Church Slavonic numismatic style characteristic of late Moscow-period wire money. The legends are boldly struck but partially off-flan due to the small, unstandardized planchet. |
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