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Denga - Dmitry Donskoy Kolomna countermarked
| Issuer | Grand Principality of Moscow |
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| Year | 1380-1389 |
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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a worn figural composition typical of Jochid dang imitations produced at Kolomna, featuring a standing or enthroned figure rendered in a highly schematic, abbreviated style. Surrounding the central motif are fragmentary pseudo-Arabic or degraded Arabic-script elements distributed across the field, characteristic of the imitative Jochid dang type (HPF#111B/111C). The flan is irregular and the strike weak in areas, consistent with hand-hammered production; the overall design reflects the Muscovite practice of countermarking and imitating Golden Horde coinage for local monetary circulation. |
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| Mintage | ND (1380-1389) - Large countermark. Blank reverse (111A) - ND (1380-1389) - Large countermark. Imitation of Jochid dang on reverse (111B) - ND (1380-1389) - Small countermark. Imitation of Jochid dang on reverse (111C) - |
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Dmitry Donskoy's coinage presents one of the earliest uses of Cyrillic inscription on Muscovite coins, introduced at a moment when the principality was asserting itself against Mongol suzerainty — most dramatically at Kulikovo Field in 1380. The Kolomna countermark on this denga reflects the fragmentary, workshop-based nature of early Muscovite minting, where host coins were overstruck or stamped to validate them within a specific territorial authority rather than produced uniformly from a single facility.
HPF#111 is among the rarer catalogued countermark applications in the Donskoy series.