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1 Asper - Filippo Maria Visconti & Ulugh Muhammad Khan
| Issuer | Genoese Colony of Caffa |
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| Year | 1421-1435 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the castellated tower of Genoa — the Genoese civic emblem — rendered in low relief in a characteristic medieval hammered style, with crenellations clearly defined above a two-arched gate. The device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A partial Latin legend surrounds the border, reading DV MD CAF, an abbreviated reference to the Duke of Milan and the city of Caffa, reflecting the dual Visconti-Genoese authority over the colony. |
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| Obverse lettering | DV MD CAF (Translation: Duke of Milan and Caffa) |
| Reverse description | Central device features a Tatar tamgha — the dynastic emblem of the Golden Horde — enclosed within a raised inner circle, rendered in the bold, schematic style typical of Jochid coinage of the period. Flanking the central symbol within the circle are pellets at the cardinal points. Surrounding the inner circle is a continuous Arabic legend in Kufic-influenced script reading the titles of the Khan, proclaiming him the Just Sultan Muhammad Khan, referencing Ulugh Muhammad of the Golden Horde. |
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