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Dirham 'Dang' - Dervish Qrim mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1417-1419 |
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| Reference(s) | Sagdeeva#534, Zeno cat#6875 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in Naskh script arranged in horizontal registers, identifying the mint authority and place of issue. The legend names the Emir Indik and the mint of Qrim (Crimea), following the standard Golden Horde reverse formula. The flan is irregular and slightly scyphate in profile due to the hammered striking technique. A partial beaded border is visible along portions of the lower rim, a common decorative element on late Golden Horde dirhams. The strike is moderately sharp at the center with some flattening toward the edges. |
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Struck at the Qrim mint during the final, chaotic years of Dawlat Berdi's contested rule over the western Golden Horde, this dang falls within a period when the khanate was fracturing under simultaneous pressure from Edigei's successor factions and the expanding influence of Lithuania. Qrim itself would within decades become the seat of the breakaway Crimean Khanate under Haci I Giray.
The 0.8g weight reflects the severe debasement that had progressively reduced dang coinage from its earlier 1.5g standard across the fourteenth century — a slow monetary collapse tracked almost coin by coin through Sagdeeva's typology.