Russian coin: obverse: AM; royal crest of a crowned double headed eagle; ПЯТЬ КОПЬЕКЪ; 1794; translation: five kopecks; reverse: royal crest of Catherine II (her initials E and [T?] and Roman numeral II framed by a wreath and topped with a crown).
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Russia
Production place:
Russia
Culture or time period:
Russians
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1774
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)