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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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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts two standing human figures facing one another in a confronted arrangement, rendered in the flat, schematic style characteristic of early Muscovite wire money. The figures are enclosed within a linear border. A partial Cyrillic legend runs along the periphery, reading ПЕVАТЬ... (seal/signet), referencing the princely authority of Vasily I Dmitriyevich. The flan is irregular and teardrop-shaped, typical of hammered silver wire coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Vasily I ruled Moscow during the long shadow of Tatar suzerainty, paying tribute to the Golden Horde while simultaneously maneuvering to absorb neighboring principalities. The denga coinage of his reign reflects this political ambiguity — early types borrowed heavily from Tatar monetary conventions, including the decorative knotwork vocabulary that appears on this piece, a direct inheritance from Mongol aesthetic influence on Russian minting rather than any indigenous Muscovite tradition.
At roughly 0.78g, these coins were struck on irregularly cut flans by hammer, with considerable variation between specimens even within the same type.