Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denga - Dmitry Donskoy Kolomna countermarked
| Issuer | Grand Principality of Moscow |
|---|---|
| Year | 1380-1389 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Countermarked |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | مَالِك (Malek) (Translation: King or ruler) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
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.