TYPE Early Russia, Republic of Novgorod, copper pulo, 15th c. (after 1456) DESCRIPTION . Obv: Double-headed eagle Rev: 3-line Russian legend: POULO NOVAGORODA ("pulo of Novgorod"), ornament below REFERENCE: Gai 440, O 54 GRADING: F / F+, dark brown patina, scarce ORDER INFO: M1018, $60 Another scarce copper with an elusive early (and rather decent for these) depiction of what will much later be a standard device on Imperial Russian coinage - the double-headed eagle. Descended from the final Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty, it become an important symbol of Russia's claim to imperial continuity as the "Third Rome". Again notable here - the subtle change in reverse legend after the establishment of Moscow's suzerainty (1456), with the city no longer bearing the epithet "Great".