Jogailos monetos su liūtu (leopardu) ir dvigubu kryžiumi skyde

OpenAIRE

Remecas, Eduardas

2012-01-01

The author of the paper discusses the type of Jogaila's coins of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania bearing a lion (leopard) and a double cross on the shield. Upon announcing this type of coins for the first time, an opinion was voiced that it was actually a bent fish rather than a lion (Fig. 1). This opinion was not unanimously accepted by numismatists. Later two more opinions appeared that a lion (Fig. 2) or a dragon (Fig. 3) was represented on the coins. The most recent finds of this type of coi...