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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Bird left / Arabic legend imitation
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1412-1420 |
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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A pseudo-Arabic or imitation Tatar legend fills the central field, composed of stylized Arabic script elements that do not form a coherent readable text, reflecting the Muscovite practice of imitating Mongol-Tatar coinage designs. The inscription is arranged in multiple registers within the field, bordered by a beaded or dotted inner circle. Globular pellets are interspersed throughout the design in a manner consistent with the HP II #1405 series type. The overall composition reflects the political and cultural influences of the Golden Horde on early Muscovite coinage. |
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Vasily I inherited a Moscow already experimenting with coinage his father Dmitry Donskoy had introduced in the 1380s, partly in imitation of Tatar Khan issues — a political necessity given Moscow's continued tribute obligations to the Golden Horde. The Arabic inscriptions on these dengas were not functional text but imitative gibberish, copied by die-cutters who had no knowledge of the script. This was deliberate: it signaled nominal Tatar legitimacy while asserting a distinctly Muscovite iconographic program on the opposing side.
HP II#1565 is among the more precisely attributed varieties in the Hanatsevich-Petrunin corpus for this reign, placing it within a narrow window of Vasily's later output before his death in 1425.