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Denga - Boris Alexandrovich
| Issuer | Tver, Grand Principality of |
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| Year | 1425-1461 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | A stylized dragon depicted in profile occupying the central field of the coin, rendered in the characteristic crude hammered style of medieval Tver coinage. The creature is shown with an elongated body, spread wings or forelimbs, and a prominent head, set against a plain field. The irregular flan edge is typical of hand-struck Russian wire money production of the 15th century. A border of dots or pellets surrounds the central device. |
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| Reverse description | Three lines of Cyrillic inscription arranged horizontally across the central field, separated by ruled lines, reading the title of the Grand Prince of Tver. The legend is framed above and below by linear borders, with a surrounding border of pellets along the coin's periphery. The script is characteristic of early 15th-century Russian epigraphy, executed in a bold but irregular hand consistent with hammered coinage of the Tver principality. |
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Boris Alexandrovich ruled Tver from 1425 to 1461, a tenure that coincided almost exactly with the final collapse of Byzantine authority and the prolonged agony of Muscovite-Tverite rivalry. Tver at this point was still a genuinely independent power — Boris negotiated directly with Lithuania and maintained a court capable of commissioning its own chronicle tradition. His denga issues reflect a mint operating under real political autonomy, not a satellite operation.
The Grishin-Prokopov reference HP II#7091B places this within a well-documented but internally complex series where die-cutting quality varies considerably across the reign's four decades.