Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Tarusa Imitation

Tarusa, a small appanage principality on the Oka River, was absorbed by Moscow in the late fourteenth century, and its coinage conventions didn't disappear overnight. These imitative dengas reflect the transitional monetary reality of annexation — local die-cutters continuing familiar typological habits under new political authority, producing coins that blur the line between genuine Tarusa issues and Moscow-sanctioned production. The attribution remains contested in the literature, and the "cf" in the Hromiack-Petrunin reference signals exactly that uncertainty.