Russian Coins and Historical Medals

Russia, Boris Godunov (1598-1605), Kopecks (5), all Novgorod, horseman with в/нораι [1603] below, rev. legend in five lines, 0.69g/8h (M 9-8; K 226); horseman with larger head and ге/нраι [1603] below, 0.63g/2h (M 10-9; K 227); similar but ге removed from obv., 0.68g/12h (M 11-9; K 228); horseman with spear-tip between horse’s forelegs and н/рвι [1604] below, 0.66g/7h (M 12-10; K 231); similar, horseman with н/ргι [1605] below, 0.67g/4h (M 13-10; K 232) [5]. Good fine or better, some scarce £150-£200

Provenance: First Dmitry Markov Mailbid Sale 5, 31 March 1997 (49)