2500 years Balaclava

2500 rokіv Balaklavі

Dedicated to this ancient city, adjacent to one of the areas of Sevastopol. On the site of the present Balaklava on the testimony of Strabo, Pliny the Elder and other classical authors a settlement Tauri tribe - Palakion (VII-VI century BC.), About the IV. BC. they took possession of the Greeks in the V century. BC - Byzantines. Bay, a reliable protection from the sea by high cliffs, constantly attracted the attention - in 1357, the city won the Genoese built a fortress Chambal, the Turks conquered in 1457, and since that time the city is called Balaclava, which means "city of the fish."

Ukraine

2004

Features coins

Denomination: 5 hryvnia Mintage: 30,000 pcs.

Material: nickel silver Quality: normal

Diameter: 35.00 mm. Weight: 16.54 gr.

Edge: Milled