Baltic Imitation of Russian AR Hammered (wire) Kopecks – Ivan IV Vasilievich (1535-1584) & Fyodor Ivanovich (1584-1598)
0.80g. 0.63g. AU-UNC. Splendid mint state exemplars. Very rare.Probably minted at one of the Baltic mints at the end of the reign of Fyodor Ivanovich. Previously they were attributed as coins of a Muscovy Company (English trading company chartered in 1555).Obv.: Crowned horseman to right, holding spear / Rev.: Legend in Russian in five lines with a name Ivan. GKH2# 3121.Obv.: Crowned horseman to right, holding spear / Rev.: Legend in Russian in five lines with a name Fyodor. GKH2# 3136.