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Dirham 'Dang' - Murid Gulistan mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1363 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The entire field is occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend in the characteristic Naskh script style employed on Golden Horde coinage of the mid-14th century. The inscription, distributed across three or four lines, carries the royal titulature of Khan Murid, proclaiming him the Just Sultan and invoking a prayer for the longevity of his reign. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, as is typical of hammered Silver Dangs of this period. No decorative border or ornamental frame is present, the inscription filling the die area completely. |
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| Mintage | 764 (1363) |
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Struck at Gulistan during the period historians call the "Great Troubles" — a two-decade succession crisis that saw the Golden Horde throne change hands more than twenty times between 1359 and 1380 — this dang belongs to the reign of Murid, one of several competing khans whose legitimacy extended little further than the mints they controlled. Gulistan, on the lower Volga, was one of the Horde's primary minting centers, but output during this period was erratic and often politically motivated, coins serving to assert authority as much as to facilitate trade.