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Denga
| Issuer | Pskov Republic |
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| Year | 1425-1510 |
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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing bust of Prince Dovmont (Daumantas) of Pskov rendered in a schematic, medieval style, with a prominent crown or princely headdress above the head. The face is depicted with large circular eyes and simplified facial features characteristic of Pskovian hammered coinage of the period. The figure appears in bust form with collar detail indicated below the chin. The flan is irregular in shape, as typical of hand-struck Russian medieval silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pskov operated as a self-governing city-republic under nominal Novgorodian and later Lithuanian suzerainty, minting its own coinage with considerable independence until Ivan III absorbed it into Muscovy in 1510 — at which point local coin production ceased entirely. The denga was the primary small silver denomination of medieval Rus, and Pskov's issues are typologically distinct from those of Novgorod and Moscow, making attribution to specific sub-periods within this 85-year span largely a matter of die study.
HP II#7640А places this piece within Grishin and Gaidukov's classification framework for Pskovian issues.