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Dirham 'Dang' - Berdi Beg Saray al-Jadida mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1359 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears a three-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script, reading 'Duriba / Saray al-Jadid / 760', indicating the mint formula, mint name (New Saray), and the AH date 760 (1359 CE). The word 'ضرب' (struck/minted) appears prominently in the uppermost line, followed by the mint name and the regnal year in Eastern Arabic numerals. A partial linear border is visible at the periphery on some portions of the flan. The overall execution is consistent with the bold, somewhat cursive die-cutting style of Golden Horde mint workers of this period. |
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Berdi Beg's reign lasted barely two years before he was killed by his own brother Qulpa in 1360, inaugurating the catastrophic succession crisis that Timurid and Russian chroniclers would later call the "Great Troubles" — a twenty-year span during which the Golden Horde burned through more than a dozen khans. Coins struck at Saray al-Jadida under Berdi Beg are consequently confined to a narrow window, and the mint's output dropped sharply as political instability disrupted the lower Volga trade networks the Horde depended on for bullion supply.
The reduced weight of this issue relative to earlier Jochid dirhams reflects a debasement trend already underway before the succession crisis accelerated it.