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Imitation of Jani Beg Khan Dirham - Vladimir Olgerdovich First issue - first half of the 1370s
| Issuer | Principality of Kyiv (Rus Principalities) |
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| Year | 1362-1394 |
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| Value | Penyaz (1) |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal registers of degenerate pseudo-Arabic legend within a rectangular cartouche, again imitating the reverse inscription of a Golden Horde dang without reproducing any legible Arabic text. Letter-forms are schematically rendered, reflecting the work of a die-cutter copying a Juchid prototype without knowledge of the script. Pellet ornaments punctuate the field. The composition closely mirrors the reverse layout of Jani Beg Khan dangs, adapted for local Kyivan circulation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vladimir Olgerdovich received Kyiv from his father Algirdas of Lithuania following the decisive Lithuanian victory over the Golden Horde at the Battle of Blue Waters in 1362 — the engagement that effectively ended Mongol control over the middle Dnieper region. With no established Kyivan minting tradition to draw on, Vladimir did what newly independent rulers on the Pontic steppe fringe routinely did: he copied the coinage that merchants and taxpayers already trusted. Jani Beg's dirhams had circulated through the region for decades, and imitation was the fastest path to monetary credibility.
The HP II#6120 attribution places this among the earliest documented Kyivan issues, predating Vladimir's own developed types.