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Dang - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Leopard left / Arabic legend
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1389-1403 |
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| Value | 11/2 Denga (3⁄2) |
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| Obverse description | A stylised leopard (or big cat) passant to the left with head turned back in profile, the tail curling upward and terminating in a fleur-de-lis or lily ornament. Two pellets are placed beneath the animal's body. A Cyrillic legend encircles the central device, reading the full title of the issuing prince within a plain field. The design is characteristic of early Muscovite wire-money coinage, struck on an irregularly shaped planchet. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription filling the entire field of the irregular, roughly circular planchet, with no border or decorative framing elements. The text is rendered in a bold, somewhat angular Naskh-style script typical of Golden Horde and Jochid-influenced coinage of the late fourteenth century. The legend reads the honorific title and name of the Tatar overlord Toktamysh Khan, reflecting the political suzerainty of the Golden Horde over the Muscovite principality during this period. The strike is characteristic of hammered wire-money technique, resulting in slight relief irregularities across the surface. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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