fwo_969479 - RUSSIA - CATHERINE II Polupoltinnik (1/4 Rouble) 1768 Moscou
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Type : Polupoltinnik (1/4 Rouble)
Date: 1768
Mint name / Town : Moscou
Quantity minted : 484000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 802 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,20 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE CYRILLIQUE).
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé de Catherine à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : (Par la grâce de Dieu, Catherine impératrice et autocrate de toute la Russie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 17-68.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale surmontée de trois couronnes impériales ; dans ses serres le globe et le sceptre ; sur sa poitrine l'écusson aux armes de Moscou (saint Georges à cheval, à droite). Autour de l'écu la grande chaîne de l'ordre de Saint-André. E-I de part et d'autre de la queue de l'aigle.
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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