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Akce - Mengli I Giray Qirq-Yer Mint
| Issuer | Khanate of Crimea |
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| Year | 1478-1508 |
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| Currency | Beshilik |
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| Obverse description | Arabic inscription in multiple lines within the field, rendered in a bold, angular hand characteristic of late 15th-century Crimean Khanate coinage. The legends are hammered in relief on a plain, irregularly shaped flan with no border embellishment. The script fills the available field, with individual letterforms showing the informal, utilitarian style typical of small-denomination akce coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the Giray dynastic tamgha surmounted by an overbar, struck in bold relief and enclosed within a dotted circular frame. A surrounding inscription in Arabic script runs along the periphery inside the border of dots. The tamgha, serving as the dynastic emblem of the Giray rulers of Crimea, is the dominant design element, with the dot border providing a defined boundary on the irregularly shaped hammered flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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