Catalog
Asper - Hajji Girai
| Issuer | Caffa, City of |
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| Year | 1433-1456 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان العادل محمد خان |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Hajji Girai founded the Crimean Khanate around 1441 after breaking from the disintegrating Golden Horde, and Caffa — the Genoese colonial port on the Black Sea's northern shore — operated under an uneasy arrangement with his emerging state throughout this period. The city minted its own coinage while paying tribute and navigating shifting allegiances between Genoese commercial interests and Tatar political authority.
The overlap of Genoese municipal minting with Girai dynastic authority on a single issue reflects how thoroughly the two powers were economically entangled in the Crimean trade network.