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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Romania| > ME48544
Moldavia, Alexandru Cel Bun, 1400 - 1432 A.D.
|Romania|, |Moldavia,| |Alexandru| |Cel| |Bun,| |1400| |-| |1432| |A.D.|, Grandfather of Dracula! Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) had four legitimate wives and at least three concubines. He had twenty-four sons (including illegitimate), six of them later reigning in Moldavia, and seventeen daughters. He was father-in-law to Vlad II Dracul and grandfather to Vlad III the Impaler through his daughter, Cneajna.
ME48544. Copper half grosch, Kopicki 3709a, Buzdugan 386 (or similar), aF, Suchava mint, weight 0.359g, maximum diameter 12.8mm, die axis 180o, obverse head of ox facing, five-pointed star between horns, rosette below left, crescent below right; reverse Modavian coat of arms - shield with ox head (as on obverse) above; rare; SOLD










REFERENCES

Buzdugan, G., et al. Monede si Bancnote Românesti. (Bucarest, 1977).
Kopicki, E. Ilustrowany Skorowidz Pieniêdzy Polskich i z Polska Zwiazanych. (Warsaw, 1995).
Krause, C. & C. Mishler. Standard Catalog of World Coins. (Iola, WI, 2010 - ).
Levinson, R. The early dated coins of Europe 1234-1500. (Williston, VT, 2007).
Rauta, A. Modern Romanian coins 1867-1966. (Salamanca, 1974).

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