Srebrennik - Vladimir the Great type III

The srebrennik was struck at Vladimir's order following his conversion to Christianity in 988 and subsequent political alignment with Byzantium — the coins self-consciously mimicking the weight standard and visual grammar of contemporary Byzantine miliaresia, asserting dynastic legitimacy through a medium Rus audiences could read against imperial precedent. Type III is distinguished from the earlier types by specific changes to the trident tamga, Vladimir's dynastic symbol, which serves as the primary tool for typological classification across the srebrennik series. Production almost certainly took place in Kyiv, though no mint infrastructure from the period has been archaeologically confirmed.