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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1714 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Obverse of this wire money (cheshуika) depicts a mounted Tsar in profile facing right, shown on horseback in the traditional equestrian portrait type used on Russian kopecks since Ivan the Terrible. The rider, representing Peter I, is shown in robes brandishing a lance or spear downward, a convention inherited from earlier Muscovite coinage. The design is struck on an irregular, lozenge-shaped flan typical of wire money produced by the hammered technique. Due to the crude nature of the planchet and die application, only a portion of the design is fully visible, with the horse and rider occupying the central field. The relief is bold but uneven, consistent with the artisanal production methods of early 18th-century Russian wire coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΨДI (Translation: 714 = 1714 (Ψ=700, Д=4, I=10)) |
| Reverse description | Reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription arranged across the irregular field of the flan, recording the full titulature of Tsar Peter I. The legend reads in abbreviated form: ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ ПЕТР АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ (Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeyevich of all Russia), compressed and divided across several lines as dictated by the small and irregular surface of the wire-cut planchet. The Cyrillic characters are boldly struck but partially incomplete at the flan edges, a characteristic feature of hammered wire kopecks of this period. The inscription fills virtually the entire reverse field with no decorative border or other design element. The lettering style reflects the transitional semi-uncial Cyrillic script conventional on Muscovite and early Petrine coinage. |
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