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Bulgaria bronze medal Madara Horseman 705 medieval knight Khan Tervel RD062

£20.00

From the Ron Dutton collection

1 in stock

Bulgaria bronze medal depicting the Madara Horseman carved into rock in northeast Bulgaria.  The bas relief of the knight on horseback is  thought to commemorate how a Bulgarian khan took back his throne from the Byzantine empire.   Khan Tervel (700-721) added an inscription 705 which tells this history.  The relief is now barely visible because of the effects of time, wind and water.

Struck bronze 63mm.

 

 

Weight .03 kg