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Denga - Ivan III Moscow
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1478-1505 |
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| Weight | 0.39 g |
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| Obverse description | A mounted horseman in profile facing right, brandishing a raised sword, depicted in the characteristic flat, linear style of late medieval Muscovite wire money coinage. The figure is rendered in low relief on an irregular flan, typical of hand-struck dengas of this period. The field is unadorned, with design elements partially visible due to the small, irregularly shaped planchet. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Ivan III's coinage from this period reflects a deliberate consolidation of Muscovite authority following the absorption of Novgorod in 1478 — the same year this type begins. The denga denomination was the backbone of Muscovite small commerce, struck by hammering between crude dies, which accounts for the characteristic off-center strikes endemic to the type. Zaitsev 22 is among the more precisely attributed varieties in a series where die identification remains genuinely difficult.