Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Russia, Kievan Rus (Principality). Vladimir Sviatoslavich 'the Great' AR Srebrennik. Circa AD 988-1015. BhOTO...CHY HΛΛΗΑΡΙ (retrograde), crowned figure of Vladimir enthroned facing with feet to left, holding long cross-sceptre, royal Rurick symbol in right field / bCOTCB XΠΥCH (retrograde), nimbate bust of Christ Pantocrator facing. Cf. Sotnikova-Spassky Type 1 (17, 1-15); Kaim p.41, 1-4. 2.02g, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine; unusually intact. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Vladimir Sviatoslavich 'the Great' was prince of Novgorod from 969 to around 977, grand prince of Kiev and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015, which included most of western Russia from the Black to the White Seas. This issue is highly significant, not least because it is one of the few surviving coins of this period which has survived intact, but also because it is the first time the Rurik dynastic trident, which later became the national symbol of Ukraine appears on a coin.
Very Fine; unusually intact. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Vladimir Sviatoslavich 'the Great' was prince of Novgorod from 969 to around 977, grand prince of Kiev and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015, which included most of western Russia from the Black to the White Seas. This issue is highly significant, not least because it is one of the few surviving coins of this period which has survived intact, but also because it is the first time the Rurik dynastic trident, which later became the national symbol of Ukraine appears on a coin.