1682-1725 Russia Peter I The Great X3 silver kopeks wire money

The top left is a spectacular strike. #2017-0354. 1613-1645 AD Russian Empire Peter the Great silver kopek wire money. Russian wire money, hand-struck between 1475 and 1729, were cut from wires or cable and usually have on the obverse (front), a horseman, left, spearing a dragon, bottom right. The horseman is Moscow’s patron Saint George. The reverse is Cyrillic attribution to the king. Slava Ukrayini!