Russian Coins and Historical Medals

Russia, Dmitri Ivanovich (1605-6), Kopecks (4), Pskov (2), horseman with vestige of пс below, rev. legend in five lines, 0.66g/10h (M 1-1; K 245); similar but bold пс below, 0.67g/10h (M 2-1; K 246); Novgorod (2), horseman with нргі [1605] below, rev. legend in five lines, 0.68g/12h (M 1-1; K 247); similar, н/рді [1606] below horseman, 0.68g/7h (M 2-1; K 248) [4]. Good fine or better, scarce £100-£150

Provenance: First Frankfurter Münzhandlung Auktion 148 (Frankfurt), 17-19 November 1997, lot 2362 (part); second Myntgalleriet Auction (Stockholm), 21 November 1993, lot 546; third Sotheby Auction (New York), 25-6 June 1999, lot 216 (part)