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Volodymyr’s zlatnik combined a princely portrait with the trident

An imagined gold coin with a seated ruler and abstract reverse motif; symbolic reconstruction, not an exact zlatnik.
A numismatist studies a generic early medieval gold coin under magnification; not a reproduction of Volodymyr’s coin.
A craftsperson strikes a generic gold coin blank using simple dies in a reconstructed early medieval workshop.
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An imagined gold coin with a seated ruler and abstract reverse motif; symbolic reconstruction, not an exact zlatnik.

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One side of Volodymyr Sviatoslavych’s zlatnik shows the prince seated on a throne, along with a trident and the inscription “Vladimir on the throne.” The other side depicts Christ and bears the words “And this is his gold.” The inscriptions asserted the prince’s right to mint his own money; specific zlatnik types had variant legends.