Srebrennik - Vladimir the Great type III

The srebrennik was introduced under Vladimir I following his conversion to Christianity in 988, modeled loosely on Byzantine miliaresion prototypes — a deliberate political signal toward Constantinople rather than any organic monetary tradition. Kievan Rus had no established silver coinage before this; the coins were as much ideological instruments as anything circulating in trade.

Type III is distinguished from earlier srebrennik types by specific trident variants catalogued in the Spassky-Sotnikova classification system. Die links across the series are poorly understood, and attribution between types sometimes rests on fine details that preservation at this grade can obscure.