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| 正面描述 | A stylized beast depicted in left profile occupies the central field of this crudely struck hammered silver denga. The creature, rendered in a schematic artistic style typical of early Muscovite coinage, faces left with a prominent eye and suggested limbs. The design is surrounded by a border of pellets distributed irregularly around the flan's edge. The overall execution is characteristic of the primitive die-cutting tradition of the late 14th-century Moscow mint. |
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| 背面文字 | Arabic (Kufic) |
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Vasily I ruled Moscow from 1389 to 1425, a period when the principality remained a tributary state of the Golden Horde. The Arabic legends on these dengas were not decorative borrowing — they were a political necessity, mimicking Horde coinage closely enough to satisfy Tatar overlords who controlled the right to mint. The beast type belongs to a broad family of zoomorphic designs circulating across Rus minting centers in this period, each principality developing enough local variation to remain distinguishable to specialists despite the surface similarities.