CZAR PETER THE GREAT SILVER KOPEK____1682-1725 AD_____Made Russia a World Power

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FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL SMALL SILVER KOPEK (WIRE MONEY) OF PETER THE GREAT IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA FROM 1682 – 1725 AD.
Peter grew to be extremely tall as an adult, especially for the time period. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) in height, the Russian tsar was literally head and shoulders above his contemporaries both in Russia and throughout Europe. Peter, however, lacked the overall proportional heft and bulk generally found in a man that size. Both Peter's hands and feet were small, and his shoulders were narrow for his height; likewise, his head was small for his tall body.
Kopeks were struck on flans cut from lengths of wire. They have shear marks at each end, resulting from how the wire was cut into pieces/coins.
THE SIZE IS 10.2 MM AND 0.28 GRAMS. (SMALL)
OBVERSE – Horse and rider with spear from one side
REVERSE – Cyrillic inscription in 5 lines "TSAR I VELIKIY KNYAZ PYOTR ALEXEYEVICH VSEYA RU SI" ("Tsar and Grand Duke Peter Alexeyevich of All Russia")
Peter was born in Moscow. He was joint czar with his mentally retarded half-brother, Ivan, under the regency of their sister, Sophia (1682-9). On Ivan's death (1696) Peter became sole czar.
Peter the Great, established Russia as a major European power through a rapid program of Westernization. During his travels abroad Peter had himself trained as a gunnery expert and shipbuilder.
Resistance to his sweeping reforms was broken without scruple and old Russian traditions were prohibited. All classes of society suffered from the impact of the reforms and the brutality of their implementation; his own son, Alexis, died under torture (1718), suspected of leading a conspiracy against his father.
Peter fought major wars with the Ottoman empire, Persia, and in particular Sweden. Against Sweden Peter fought a long 21-year Northern War. After a great victory at Poltava over Swedish forces he gained access to the Baltic Sea. There he founded the city of St.Petersburg as his 'window to the West' and made it Russia's capital.
After 1721 Russia supplanted Sweden as the major power in the Baltic. Peter failed to nominate a successor, and was succeeded by his wife, Catherine I.
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