Russian XVth c. Silver Coin RARE Pskov Zamanin

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Russian XVth c. Silver Coin RARE Pskov Zamanin:
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RUSSIA. Vasili III (1505 - 1533). Wire Silver Denga. Denga Pskovskaya Obverse: Horsemen facing to the right; letters Ж under the horse; circular legend. Reverse: 4-line legend: Extremely RARE in such CONDITION! Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович , also Basil) (March 25, 1479 – December 3, 1533, Moscow) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил). Foreign affairs Vasili III continued the policies of his father Ivan III and spent most of his reign consolidating Ivan\'s gains. Vasili annexed the last surviving autonomous provinces: Pskov in 1510, appanage of Volokolamsk in 1513, principalities of Ryazan in 1521 and Novgorod-Seversky in 1522. Vasili also took advantage of the difficult position of Sigismund of Poland to capture Smolensk, the great Eastern fortress of Lithuania (1512), chiefly through the aid of the rebel Lithuanian, Prince Mikhail Hlinski, who provided him with artillery and engineers. The loss of Smolensk was an important injury inflicted by Russia on Lithuania in the course of the Russo-Lithuanian Wars and only the exigencies of Sigismund compelled him to acquiesce in its surrender (1522). Equally successful were Vasili\'s actions against the Crimean Khanate. Although in 1519 he was obliged to buy off the khan of the Crimea, Mehmed I Giray, under the very walls of Moscow, towards the end of his reign he established Russian influence on the Volga. In 1531-32 he placed the pretender Cangali khan on the throne of Kazan. Domestic affairs In his internal policy, Vasili III enjoyed the support of the Church in his struggle with the feudal opposition. In 1521, metropolitan Varlaam was banished for refusing to participate in Vasili\'s fight against an appanage prince Vasili Ivanovich Shemyachich. Rurikid princes Vasili Shuisky and Ivan Vorotynsky were also sent into exile. The diplomat and statesman, Ivan Bersen-Beklemishev, was executed in 1525 for criticizing Vasili\'s policies. Maximus the Greek (publicist), Vassian Patrikeyev (statesman) and others were sentenced for the same reason in 1525 and 1531. During the reign of Vasili III, the gentry\'s landownership increased; authorities were actively trying to limit immunities and privileges of boyars and nobility. Vasili\'s greatest problem was the lack of heir. In 1526, despite much opposition from the clergy, he divorced his barren wife, Solomonia Saburova, and married Princess Elena Glinskaya, the daughter of a Serbian princess and niece of his friend Michael Glinski. To the great joy of Vasili and the populace, the new tsaritsa gave birth to a son, who succeeded him as Ivan IV. According to a story, Solomonia Saburova also bore a son in the convent where she had been confined, just several months after the controversial divorce. Preceded by Ivan III Grand Prince of Moscow 1505–1533 Succeeded by Ivan IV Preceded by Dmitry Ivanovich Heir to the Russian Throne 1502–1505 Succeeded by Yury Thank you for your interest. Check my other sales that I have on now! Good luck!