Medal - Grand Duke Rurik № 9, Migration of Rurik from Staraya Lagoda to Novgorod Veliky in 864

€1.00
LocationRussian Empire
Year
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionSilver
Weight182.27 g
Diameter
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Orientation
Edge
Period
NoticeGeorges Christophe Waechter, Johann Balthasar Gass
Reference(s) Diakov#1676 (R3) , Smirn#71
Obverse descriptionHelmeted bust Grand Duke Rurik (862-879) wearing cuirass and mantle and holding shield and hammer.
Obverse letteringВЕЛИКIЙ КНЯЗЬ НОВГОРОДСКIЙ И ВАРЯГЪ РЮРИКЪ ∙
(Translation: Grand Duke of Novgorod and Varangian Rurik)
Obverse scriptCyrillic
Reverse descriptionRurik standing between two groups of men, the ones on the r. with coat of arms of Nowgorod.
Reverse lettering
Reverse scriptCyrillic
Engraver
MintageND  - after 1783 -
Catalog ID7608693190
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