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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Cyrillic legend / Hommage
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1420-1423 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a Cyrillic inscription arranged in three lines across the field, reading the title and name of Grand Prince Vasily. The legend is composed of large, boldly struck Cyrillic characters characteristic of early Moscow coinage. Pellets are distributed around the periphery of the coin, serving as decorative border elements. The flan is irregular in shape, as is typical of hammered medieval Russian coinage of this period. The overall style reflects the rudimentary yet distinctive die-cutting tradition of the early fifteenth-century Moscow mint. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a princely figure, likely a mounted rider or standing prince, accompanied by a second figure in a scene of hommage or submission, rendered in a schematic, linear style typical of early Muscovite hammered coinage. Pellets are distributed around the border of the coin, forming an informal decorative rim. The figures are crudely but energetically engraved, with the dominant figure appearing to hold an attribute of authority. The composition fills the irregular flan without a formal border legend. This reverse type served as an expression of dynastic authority and was common to the denga coinage of Vasily I. |
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