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Dang - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Leopard left / Arabic legend
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1389-1403 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A stylised leopard (or big cat) passant to the left with head turned back in profile, the tail curling upward and terminating in a fleur-de-lis or lily ornament. Two pellets are placed beneath the animal's body. A Cyrillic legend encircles the central device, reading the full title of the issuing prince within a plain field. The design is characteristic of early Muscovite wire-money coinage, struck on an irregularly shaped planchet. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Vasily I inherited Moscow's throne in 1389 and continued his father Dmitry Donskoy's cautious policy of maintaining Tatar suzerainty even after the Russian victory at Kulikovo Field in 1380. The Arabic legend on the reverse reflects that political reality directly — Moscow-struck dangs of this period routinely carried Tatar-style inscriptions as acknowledgment of Golden Horde overlordship, whether or not a specific khan's name appears.
The leopard type is among the earlier issues of Vasily's reign, before die conventions stabilized in the Moscow mint.