Lot 1474

Description

Russia, Kievan Rus, Vladimir I Svyatoslavich the Great, (980-1015 A.D.), billon srebrennik, (3.92 g), Type III, struck circa 1010-1015, obv. "Vladimir on the throne" (in Cyrillic), Vladimir enthroned facing, holding orb with both hands and cradling cross-scepter in right arm, rev. "And This is His Silver" (in Cyrillic), royal symbol of Rurick, (cf.Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 120, cf.Sotnikova & Spassky 144 var. (legends), cf.Chernetsov pl. I, 3, Spassky fig. 32.3.). Toned, some surface roughness, very fine and rare.