Denga - Vasily II the Blind Mozhaysk style
Features
| Issuer |
Grand principality of Moscow
(Rus Principalities)  |
|---|---|
| Prince |
Vasiliy II (1425-1434)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1425-1434 |
| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
| Currency | Rouble (1381-1534) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.74 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered (wire) |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 325267 |
| References | HP I# 437H Dzmitry Huletski, Konstantin Petrunin; 2013. Русские монеты 1353-1533 = Russian Coins. Рифтур, Minsk, Belarus. 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. |
Obverse
Crowned horseman to the right, spearing a snake
Reverse
Inscription in 4 lines in cartouche
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
КНAZ
Ь ВЕЛН
KI ВАС
•IЛЕIC
Translation:
Duke
the Great
Vasiliy
Comments
«Mozhaysk style» coins are identifiable by the decorated cartouche, common on some contemporary coins of the Dukes of Mozhaysk. There are different opinions whether these issues were actually struck in Moscow or in Mozhaysk on behalf of Vasily II the Blind.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1425-1434) | |||||||||||||||
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