And indeed detected in a number of the XV-XVII centuries. shelves tiles and shards of the oldest ar

In 1997. was established in Vilnius Castles Cultural Reserve of State in 2002. LDK launched shelves reconstruction of the palace national project, Castle Research Center "Lithuanian castles in charge of the archaeological research in the heart of the capital of Lithuania - Gediminas Square, was called back then Šventaragis.
One can only envy archaeologists favorable to education and a promising situation provided an opportunity for the public to touch the source, finding relics attesting to when and how to Lithuania were created, "hear" Gediminas howling wolf.
And indeed detected in a number of the XV-XVII centuries. shelves tiles and shards of the oldest architectural remains, household goods, jewelry, but also an incredible amount of the oldest and rarest of Lithuanian coins - all the treasure. It contains, in addition to the famous fourteenth century science. second half of the coins was an unprecedented previous years of steady unique denarius which depicts an eagle on one another - Leo.
Later, in 2008., The other coin of this type appeared in a collection. At first glance, this might be the coin Lithuanianness into question because the obverse depicts the Polish Eagle - the most obvious reference to Poland. Maybe, however, it is Lithuanian?
It is extremely rare Lithuanian silver denarii, which shows a four-footed animal numizmatinėje literature identified as a lion or bars. Monetel fineness (mass of 0.4 g and a diameter of only 13-14 mm), and the production does not accurately reveal the imperfection of these animals to identify the necessary components. Especially since we are talking about the heraldic symbols, which are not required to comply with the appearance of a real animal.
On the contrary, heraldry can be conveyed deliberately schematic and idealized so fragmented (suheraldintas), often exaggerated image of the animal, highlighting some of its features and appearance features.
Take the king of beasts lion, symbol of power and dignity. Heraldry it is particularly important posture, head, mane and tail representation. Perhaps it is taken from the popular Western Europe since 1300. Kalam Prague gras - large Czech Republic (Bohemia) silver coin which the fourteenth century. the benchmark. The obverse depicts shelves the king's crown, the reverse - the national emblem - a lion, the tail double, intertwined.
Suppose one of the Jagiellonian coin depicts Chase, another - Double Cross on the panel, and that is very simple to explain. Chase - the ruler is depicted Wright armored and armed (with a spear or sword) pose a knight, and a shield - it is an attribute of a knight, depicting his personal shelves symbol of Double Cross.
Vytautas coins also double heraldic: Chase on one side with a sword, the other - a sign dynastic Columns of Gediminas. These coins Vytis attributed to the heraldic symbols can be only conditionally.
However, the fourteenth century. At the end he was portrayed as the ruler of a particular country, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (Jogaila, Vytautas). Later, LDK management Jagiellons (Casimir, Alexander, Sigismund the Old, Sigismund II Augustus), he called the Jagiellonian dynasty sign. However, along with the death of Sigismund Augustus in 1572. at the end of the Jagiellonian dynasty, LDK management Hungarians Stefan Batory (1576-1586) or the Swedish Vasa dynasty (1588-1668), Chase summed up the meaning of the coat of arms of the state. shelves
However, there are plenty of Lithuanian coins, which both sides displayed only abstract heraldic symbols (spearheads the Cross / Gediminids poles, spearheads the Cross / Leo, spearheads the s cross / double cross Double Cross / Leo).
These coins interpretation is compounded by the fact that they are not legends or (records), or they are usually not taken into account for a very small piece of the coin diameter - smaller shelves than the diameter of the coin stamp, so only some of the coins are lucky to see one another legend character. In such cases, only a sufficiently large number of coins you can expect to reconstruct (read) the full legend. It succeeded Eduard Remecas - from the Lower 14, the former shelves castle treasure at the same stamp coins minted Jagiellonian Rider / Double Cross is a legend written in Cyrillic alphabet read KNIAŹ OUTCOMES II (Duke Jogaila mark).
But early Lithuanian coins remained very small, sometimes only a few known copies of other general unique. Therefore, numismatists are forced to make assumptions, hypotheses, and attempting to use other (other) sources - history, sfragistics, heraldry, and of course, sometimes a mistake. For some coins ongoing heated debate, sometimes, unfortunately, transcending the boundaries of normal dialogue. To prevent this from happening, and this time, I will try to follow the logic of the criteria shelves and the undeniable documentary information: coins, seals, and other areas, especially in heraldry and researchers.
You can use the other edges of history and numismatic material. Not infrequently, when one area of the country not controlled by the king or prince, but his attorney - Va