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Dinar 'In the name of Nasir al-Din' Bulghar mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1280-1310 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Reverse description | The mint name Bulghar rendered in coarse Arabic script, enclosed within a double hexagonal frame set against a plain field. The inscription is crudely executed, reflecting the provincial character of the Bulghar mint during the late thirteenth to early fourteenth century. The flan edges are irregular and the relief varies across the surface, typical of hammered issues of the Golden Horde. |
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| Reverse lettering | بلغار |
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The Bulghar mint — located on the middle Volga and one of the earliest monetized centers under Golden Horde administration — produced this anonymous dinar type invoking the epithet Nasir al-Din, "Defender of the Faith," without attributing it to any named khan. The deliberate omission of a ruling name places this issue somewhere in the contested succession struggles between the death of Möngke Temür in 1280 and the consolidation under Toqta after 1291, when acknowledging the wrong khan on a coin carried real political risk.