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Akce - Sahib Giray
| Issuer | Khanate of Crimea |
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| Year | 1532-1551 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Irregular round flan displaying a tamgha (dynastic emblem of the Giray dynasty) prominently centered in the field, rendered in a circular, spiraling form characteristic of Crimean Khanate coinage. Surrounding the tamgha is a partial Arabic mint and date legend. The strike is typical of hammered small denomination billon coins, with an uneven and somewhat porous surface. No border is present, and the overall design reflects the abbreviated artistic conventions of Crimean akce coinage. |
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Sahib Giray I consolidated Crimean authority after years of dynastic chaos, having previously ruled as Khan of Kazan before seizing Crimea in 1532. His reign coincided with peak Ottoman-Crimean cooperation — the khanate operated as a near-client state of the Sublime Porte, and Crimean coinage from this period reflects that dependency, with weight standards kept deliberately light to discourage hoarding over Ottoman issues.
Retowski's classification of this type, published in his 1905 corpus on Crimean coinage, remains the primary reference for the series. Few institutional collections hold clean attributions for billon issues of this reign.