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  • 2 Leva 1992, KM# 203, Bulgaria
  • 2 Leva 1992, KM# 203, Bulgaria
Description

Engravers: Lyubomir Prahov, Petar Stoikov, Vladimir Yossifov

Obverse

Depicts the Madara Rider and the country name above.

The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated in the very late 7th, or more often very early 8th century, during the reign of Bulgar Khan Tervel.

The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 m (75 ft) above ground level in an almost vertical 100 m (328 ft)-high cliff. It is of almost natural size. The horseman, facing right, is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet, and on the left a dog is running after the horseman.

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Reverse

Denomination divides symbols (fish on the left and sun with a face on the right), date below.

2
ЛЕВА
1992

Edge

2 Leva

KM# 203 Schön# 201
Characteristics
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 5 g
Diameter 25.2 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Bulgarian Mint

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