A nice piece of a rare coin issued by Vladislav IV as Czar of Russia during his reign in the Kremlin from 1610-1612.
The distinctive shape of Russian kopecks minted until Peter I, resulting from minting the coins from a cut bar of metal in the shape of a long wire, made them popularly called "teardrops" today. In turn, the frequent illegibility of large portions of these coins is due to the discs being too small in relation to the stamps.
Obverse: a rider on horseback (identified with the lord) riding to the right, holding a spear pointing to the ground;
Reverse: legend in 6 lines in Old Russian:
[ЦР]ЬI ВЕЛ/IКI]И КНѦS[Ь]/[ВЛАДI]СЛАВЪ/ЖIГИМОН[Т]/ОВИЧЬВС[ЕЯ]/РYС[];
Silver, dimensions 15.5 x 11 mm, weight 0.57 g.
