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Denga - Vasiliy III Tver
| Issuer | Grand Principality of Moscow |
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| Year | 1510-1533 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian figure of the Grand Prince depicted in right profile, mounted on a galloping horse, with the rider brandishing a raised sabre above his head. The flan is characteristic of hand-hammered wire money, resulting in an irregular, elongated planchet. The Cyrillic letter Т (mint mark of the Tver mint) appears beneath the horse in the lower field. The design is executed in the bold, schematic style typical of late medieval Russian wire coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vasily III absorbed Tver into Muscovite territory in 1485 under his father Ivan III, but the local minting tradition persisted for decades afterward, producing coins that bore Tverite stylistic characteristics even as they circulated within an increasingly centralized Muscovite monetary system. This denga belongs to that transitional output — technically a Moscow issue, but carrying the residue of an independent principality that had ceased to exist a generation earlier.
At 0.39 g, these are among the lightest silver pieces of the period, frequently clipped further in circulation.