Denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich of Moscow

Issuer Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal, Grand principality of

Type Standard circulation coins

Obverse

Leopard looking forwards, left.

Reverse

Legend in centre, continued around.

Lettering: ПYТ СЖДЛ СКѦ ПЕYѦТЬ СУЖДАЛЬСКА

Basic Information

Category Coin

Orientation variable

Demonetization Yes

Face Value 1 Denga (Numeric: 0.005)

References

HPF #1918 B III

HP II #1570 A

Physical Characteristics

Composition Silver

Weight 0.54 g

Size 12 mm

Shape Round (irregular)

Technical Details

Reverse Lettering

ПYТ СЖДЛ СКѦ ПЕYѦТЬ СУЖДАЛЬСКА

Comments

Daniil Borisovich regained control of Nizhny Novgorod in 1410, with Suzdal in the hands of Vasily Dmitriyevich of Moscow. As in Moscow, the old 'heavy' coinage was withdrawn and a new 'light' coinage introduced. The Nizhegorod denga was reduced more, from about 0.80g to about 0.53g (Trostyansky 2009, pages 48, 76). You can find the description and photos of the variants at the book Early Russian Coins, 1353-1533 by D. Huletski, K. Petrunin, A. Fishman (2015), page 225