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Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Tarusa Imitation
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1391-1402 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Crude imitation of a Golden Horde dang design, struck on an irregular flan. The upper field features a schematized seated figure rendered in a highly stylized, degenerate manner derived from Mongol prototypes, flanked by geometric ornamental devices. A horizontal line divides the field, below which pseudo-Arabic script or ornamental interlace fills the lower register. The overall composition reflects the local Muscovite die-cutter's loose interpretation of Tatar coinage iconography rather than a precise reproduction. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic (pseudo/imitation) |
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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.