Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Akce - Dawlat I Giray
| Issuer | Khanate of Crimea |
|---|---|
| Year | 1550-1577 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field bearing the tamgha (dynastic insignia) of the Giray dynasty of the Crimean Khanate, rendered in a stylized, angular form characteristic of hammered billon coinage of the period. The device is struck on a broadly flan with irregular edges typical of hand-struck production. The surfaces show heavy patination and wear consistent with circulation use. Arabic script legends, though largely illegible on this example, would conventionally surround or accompany the tamgha in the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Dawlat I Giray's reign coincided with the Khanate's peak as an Ottoman vassal state and an independent military power simultaneously — a tension that shaped even its coinage. The billon akçe issued under his authority followed the Ottoman monetary convention directly, reflecting Crimea's formal subordination while the Khan himself was raiding Moscow's suburbs and burning the city in 1571.
That 1571 raid brought somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000 captives south to Crimean slave markets — the largest single haul in the long history of Tatar raiding into Muscovy.