fwo_783246 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II 15 Kopeck 1785 Saint-Pétersbourg
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Type : 15 Kopeck
Date: 1785
Mint name / Town : Saint-Pétersbourg
Quantity minted : 2500400
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,74 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Bitkin.444
Obverse
Obverse legend : Б•М•ЕКАТЕРИНА•II•IМП•ИСАМОД•ВСЕРОС / СПБ.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Catherine II. Dans les cheveux, la couronne impériale entourée d'une couronne de laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1785.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale surmontée de trois couronnes impériales ; dans ses serres le globe et le sceptre ; sur sa poitrine la valeur faciale.
Historical background
RUSSIA - CATHERINE II
(07/17/1762-11/17/1796)
Catherine (2/05/1729-17/11/1796) was the greatest tsarina after Peter the Great. She succeeded her husband, Pierre III, who was deposed in 1762 before being assassinated by the Orloff brothers. His very long reign brought Russia into the "Age of Enlightenment". Friend of the philosophers including Diderot from whom she bought his library, liberal, she nevertheless reinforced the despotism and the nationalization of Russia. She fought against the Turks and was an opponent of the French Revolution.
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