Medal - Grand Duke Rurik № 2, Arrival of the Ambassadors of Novgorod to the Varyagians

€121,343.00
LocationRussian Empire
Year
Type› Tokens
CompositionSilver
Weight203.52 g
Diameter
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeGeorges Christophe Waechter, Johann Balthasar Gass
Reference(s) Diakov#1669 (R3) , Smirn#64
Obverse descriptionHelmeted bust Grand Duke Rurik (862-879) wearing cuirass and mantle and holding shield and hammer.
Obverse lettering?????I? ????? ??????????I? ? ?????? ??????
(Translation: Grand Duke of Novgorod and Varangian Rurik)
Obverse scriptCyrillic
Reverse descriptionRurik standing on l. giving an audience to three armed ambassadors on r.
Reverse lettering
Reverse scriptCyrillic
Engraver
MintageND  - after 1783 -
Catalog ID5795985980
Comments