Cache Hunting - Discovering A Hoard of Silver Hammered Coins (Story 14)
Silver Hammered Coins of The Tsars Ivan III Vasilievich and Vasiliy III Ivanovich
Firstly, the oldest silver coins in the cache were two Dengas of the Czar Ivan III and one Denga of the Tsar Vasiliy III Ivanovich. All three dengas were hammered at the Novgorod mint.
Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands", Ivan III Vasilievich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич), also known as Ivan the Great, a Grand Prince of Moscow and a Grand Prince of All Russia ("Великий Князь Всея Руси"), was one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers in history. During his reign from 1462 to 1505, he tripled the territory of his state, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of the Russian state. His son Czar Vasiliy III Ivanovich continued the policies of his father and spent most of 28 years of his reign (from 1505 to 1533) consolidating his father's gains.
1) Wire Denga marked "М"
OBVERSE: Image of a horseman with saber, mint engraver's mark "М" under the galloping horse, and the circular legend inscribed in old cyrillic letters means: "Grand Prince Ivan Vasilievich" ("Князь Великий Иван Васильевич").
REVERSE: the 4-line legend inscribed in old cyrillic letters means: "Majesty of Entire Rus" ("Осподарь Всея Руси" - see the exact old cyrillic inscription on a coin here).
Weight: 0.8 gram
Mint: Novgorod
Wire Denga marked "М", Tsar Ivan III Vasiljevich, circa 1479-1490
2) Wire Denga marked "И"
OBVERSE: an image of a horse rider with saber, mint engraver's mark "И" under the galloping horse, and the circular legend means: "Grand Prince Ivan Vasilievich" ("Князь Великий Иван Васильевич").
REVERSE: the 4-line legend means: "Majesty of Entire Russ" ("Осподарь Всея Руси" - see the exact old cyrillic inscription in a coin's legend here).
Weight: 0.8 gram
Mint: Novgorod
Wire Denga marked "И", Czar Ivan III Vasiljevich, Double Strike, circa 1490-1505
3) Wire Denga marked "Д"
OBVERSE: Image of a horseman with saber, mint engraver's mark "Д" under the galloping horse, and the circular legend means: "Grand Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich" ("Князь Великий Василий Иванович").
REVERSE: the 4-line legend means: "Majesty of Entire Russ" ("Осподарь Всея Руси" - see the exact old cyrillic inscription on a coin here).
Weight: 0.8 gram
Mint: Novgorod
Wire Denga marked "Д", Czar Vasiliy III Ivanovich, circa 1520-1533
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