Catalog
Pulo - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Cyrillic legend / Warrior en-face
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1413-1416 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A warrior depicted standing en face, holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. A star appears in the field behind the figure. The design is executed in a crude, linear style typical of early 15th-century Muscovite hammered copper coinage, with the figure occupying the full field of the irregular flan. The strike is shallow and the outlines of the warrior are simplified, reflecting the primitive die-cutting techniques of the period. |
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Vasily I spent much of his reign navigating tribute obligations to the Golden Horde while simultaneously consolidating Muscovite territory — a balancing act that made projecting local authority through coinage politically pointed. The pulo was Moscow's smallest denomination, a fractional copper struck for petty market transactions at a moment when the principality was actively developing its monetary infrastructure independent of Tatar-issued currency.
HP II#1559 places this type within a narrow three-year window tied to documented mint activity under Vasily's administration. Copper issues of this period are frequently found corroded or fragmentary; attributed examples in collectible condition are scarce.