Denga - Vasily II the Blind

Features

Issuer	Grand principality of Moscow (Rus Principalities)
Prince	Vasiliy II (1425-1434)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1434
Value	1 Denga (0.005)
Currency	Rouble (1381-1534)
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.69 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered (wire)
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 325266
References	HP I# 446H Dzmitry Huletski, Konstantin Petrunin; 2013. Русские монеты 1353-1533 = Russian Coins. Рифтур, Minsk, Belarus. , Mets# 78 Nonna Dmitrievna Mets; 1974. Монеты великого княжества Московского, 1425-1462 = Coins of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, 1425-1462. State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russian Federation. , Oreshnik# 403 Aleksei Vasilievich Oreshnikov; 1896. Русскія монеты до 1547 года = Russian Coins Before 1547. A. I. Mamontova, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Obverse

Crowned horseman to the right, spearing a snake. Letters K and H on the sides.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: K H

Reverse

Inscription in five lines in cartouche. Text variations exist.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
.КНZЬ.
ВЕЛНKI
ВАСИЛЬ
IВАСIЛЬ
EВИY

Translation:
Duke
the Great
Vasiliy
Vasilievich

Mint

Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)

Comments

This is the only known instance of the use of the patronymic on a coin with a lined inscription of Vasily Vasiliyevich. The use of the patronymic was probably employed to distinguish this issue from the coins of his enemy and namesake, Vasily Yuriyevich.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (1434)

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