Denga - Vladimir Olgerdovich

Issuer	Principality of Kiev
Year	1392-1394
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Value	Denga (1)
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Obverse description	Crude hammered design in the Tatar-influenced style typical of late 14th-century Lithuanian-Rus coinage, displaying a stylized figure or tamga-like device rendered in low relief against a flat, unadorned field. The design elements, including pellets and curved forms, are characteristic of the denga coinage issued under Vladimir Olgerdovich in Kiev. The irregular flan exhibits surface porosity and the typical flan cracks associated with hand-hammered production. The overall workmanship reflects the hybrid Mongol-Rus monetary tradition prevalent in the region during this period.
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Reverse description	Central device consisting of a stylized trident-like or cross-within-square motif, reminiscent of the Rurikid dynastic symbol, rendered in low relief with pellet ornaments flanking the main design. Two schematic human or anthropomorphic figures appear to either side of the central emblem, a composition linked to the heraldic vocabulary of the Gediminid-Rurikid princes of Kiev. The flat, broad field surrounding the device is largely plain, with the irregular hammered flan edge visible. The design is characteristic of the Kiev denga series attributed to Vladimir Olgerdovich, blending local dynastic symbolism with broader Ruthenian coinage conventions of the 1390s.
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