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Denga 'Master Aleksandro' - Ivan III Moscow
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand Principality of |
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| Year | 1473-1485 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | A mounted horseman depicted in right profile, brandishing a raised sword, rendered in the characteristic flat, linear style of late medieval Muscovite wire money. A Cyrillic letter appears in the lower field beneath the horse. A partial Cyrillic legend naming Grand Prince Ivan Vasilyevich runs around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan, partially visible due to the small striking area. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a four-line Cyrillic inscription in bold, deeply struck characters filling the entire field, naming the mint master 'Aleksandro' (Alessandro), an Italian engraver employed at the Moscow mint during the reign of Ivan III. The lettering is arranged in four horizontal lines across the flan, characteristic of Muscovite denga coinage of this period, with the text split syllabically across the lines. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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