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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Pair of people / Longevity knots
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1400-1412 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A standing or seated armed figure depicted in profile, rendered in a crude but expressive medieval Russian hammered style typical of early Moscow coinage. The figure appears to hold a sword or weapon and is accompanied by a small Cyrillic legend in the field. A vertical inscription reading СИ-Л is partially visible to the left of the figure. Three pellets are arranged vertically to the right of the central motif, a common decorative device on early Muscovite dengas. The overall design is characteristic of the late 14th to early 15th century Moscow mint workshop. |
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| Obverse lettering | СИ-Л |
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Vasily I ruled Moscow from 1389 to 1425, navigating the principality through the turbulent aftermath of the Battle of Kulikovo and the ever-present threat of Mongol reassertion under Edigu, who sacked Moscow's surrounding territories in 1408. The denga coinage of his reign is among the most typologically chaotic in Russian numismatic history — Vasily issued dozens of distinct types, many borrowed or adapted from Tatar prototypes, reflecting a mint that had no stable iconographic programme.
The longevity knot motif on this type derives from eastern decorative traditions absorbed through prolonged Golden Horde contact. HP II#1375 C places this among the middle-period issues of his reign.