55 - Double Gros Coin, Alexander the Good, Moldavia, 1400–1432, silver, rare piece, silver, Obverse legend: +[...]EALEXANDRI[…] Obverse description: In the centre, an aurochs’ head with a five-pointed star between its horns, a five-petalled rosette in the left field, and a crescent in the right field. Reverse legend: + WD[…]OLDAVIENSIS Reverse description: In the centre, a divided shield, possibly surmounted by a helmet, with three fasces in the first quarter and seven fleurs-de-lis in the second. The letter T appears to the right and left of the shield. The double gros of Alexander the Good bears witness to the political and economic consolidation of Moldavia at the beginning of the 15th century. Struck during one of the longest and most stable reigns in medieval Moldavian history, it reflects the development of state institutions and the growth of trade with Central and Eastern Europe. The coin’s imagery brings together the heraldic symbols of princely authority: the aurochs’ head, accompanied by a star, rosette, and crescent, and the divided shield, ornamented with fasces and fleurs-de-lis. The Latin legends, which record the ruler’s name and title as Voivode of Moldavia, express the principality’s political identity and assertion of monetary sovereignty. Continuing the monetary tradition inaugurated under Peter I Mușat, the issues of Alexander the Good mark an important stage in the evolution of the Moldavian monetary system. Through its historical, heraldic, and numismatic significance, the gros is an authentic document of medieval Moldavia, evoking the era in which a Romanian state emerged and became integrated into the economic and diplomatic networks of contemporary Europe, d=21 mm, This lot is being classified by the Romanian Ministry of Heritage.