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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Cyrillic legend / Chimera left
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1413-1418 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Cyrillic legend arranged in multiple lines across the coin field, reading the title and name of Grand Prince Vasily. The inscription is set within a plain field on this crudely struck hammered silver piece, with text varieties known across the issue. The lettering is bold and irregular in execution, consistent with hand-engraved dies of the Moscow principality workshop. |
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| Obverse lettering | КИѦ ZЬ ВЕЛ HКН ВА СНЛEI (Translation: Grand Prince Vasily.) |
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Vasily I inherited Moscow's coinage tradition from his father Dmitry Donskoy, who had introduced the denga partly in imitation of Tatar dirhams following Mongol tributary arrangements. By Vasily's reign the Golden Horde connection had weakened considerably, though Moscow mints continued absorbing Tatar artistic conventions into their die work — the chimera type on this issue reflects exactly that syncretism, blending Rus lettering with imagery drawn from steppe metalwork traditions.
The 1413–1418 window corresponds to a period when Vasily was navigating renewed pressure from Edigu of the Horde following the devastating 1408 raid on Moscow.