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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Beast right / Arabic legend
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription filling the field, a characteristic feature of early Muscovite dengas struck in imitation of or acknowledgment of Golden Horde monetary authority. The legend references Sultan Toktamysh Khan, reflecting the political relationship between the Grand Principality of Moscow and the Tatar overlords of the period. The script is neatly arranged across the flan, with no additional decorative elements. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with wire-cut hammered technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vasily I ruled Moscow from 1389 to 1425, a period when the principality was still nominally tributary to the Golden Horde. The Arabic legends on Moscow dengas of this period are not purely decorative — they reflect the political reality of Mongol suzerainty, mimicking the coinage of the Horde to signal legitimacy within a tribute economy. Some scholars read them as garbled Tatar phrases, others as near-meaningless imitations of earlier Jochid types.
HP II#1350 places this among the more precisely catalogued varieties in Hanaberg-Petrov's corpus, though attribution within Vasily I's issues remains contested given die-link studies are ongoing.