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Denga - Dmitry Konstantinovich
| Issuer | Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1365-1383 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Pseudo-Arabic inscription imitating a Tatar dang legend, characteristic of Russian principality coinage produced under Mongol suzerainty during the late 14th century. The design features schematic vertical strokes arranged in imitation of Golden Horde calligraphic lettering, rendered in low relief on an irregular silver flan. The imitative inscription occupies the central field, with the flan displaying typical hammer-struck irregular edges. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dmitry Konstantinovich ruled Nizhny Novgorod during one of the most turbulent periods of the Golden Horde's disintegration, playing rival khans against each other to maintain his position. His principality was among the earliest in northeastern Rus to strike its own silver coinage, a practice that emerged in the 1360s as Horde authority fragmented and local princes seized the monetary initiative. These early Russian dengas frequently copied or adapted Tatar tamgas and Arabic-script elements from Horde coins, reflecting the ambiguous political reality of vassals asserting independence while still formally subordinate.