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E-Sale 83  6 May 2021
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Lot 1631

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 4000 GBP
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Russia, Principality of Kiev. Vladimir Sviatoslavich 'the Great' AR Srebrennik. Circa AD 988-1015. B...MPACPA, nimbate, crowned and bearded figure of Vladimir facing, holding sceptre ending in cross-potent with pellet finials and wearing elaborate garment, no feet below / ACEEI-C-P-X...O, royal tamgha of the Rurik dynasty in the form of a diving falcon. Cf. Sotnikova-Spassky 54-70. 2.36g, 29mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Completely intact and Extremely Rare.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.

Vladimir Sviatoslavich, called 'the Great', was Prince of Novgorod from 969 to about 977, Grand Prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015. This, like the few other surviving coins of this period, represents an important historical document of the emergence of Russia from the dark ages, the first employment of what would become the Kievan national emblem, and the emergence of Russia as a distinct nation-state.
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