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Dirham 'Dang' - Kunche Balad Sygnaq mint
| Issuer | White Horde |
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| Year | 1380-1381 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal lines of Arabic script occupying the full field of the flan, recording the mint name Sygnaq (Syghnaq) and the AH date of issue. The legends are written in a cursive Naskh-influenced hand characteristic of Jochid coinage, with the text distributed across the irregular hammered flan. The surface shows typical die wear and flan irregularity consistent with contemporary striking practice. |
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Sygnaq, on the Syr Darya, served as a principal administrative center of the White Horde and one of the few mints in the region operating with any consistency during the turbulent final decades before Tokhtamysh consolidated the eastern and western hordes under a single rule. This piece dates to precisely that unstable interval — after the death of Urus Khan in 1377 set off rapid succession conflicts, with multiple claimants cycling through power in under four years.
The "kunche balad" designation marks it as a locally authenticated urban issue, distinguishing it from nomadic camp coinages of the same period.