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Dirham 'Dang' - Nawruz Beg Gulistan mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1360 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse field is occupied entirely by a multi-line Arabic legend in angular Kufic-influenced script, struck on an irregularly shaped flan typical of Golden Horde hammered coinage. The inscription, disposed across the face in several horizontal registers, proclaims the royal titulature of Nawruz Beg Khan with the epithet 'the Just.' The die is boldly engraved, with letters showing characteristic late Jochid calligraphic style, though the strike is slightly off-center, resulting in partial legend loss at the periphery. No figural or geometric decorative elements are present, the inscription alone filling the entire field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nawruz Beg ruled the western Golden Horde for roughly two years during the catastrophic fragmentation known to Russian chroniclers as the "Great Troubles" — a period between 1359 and 1380 when the khanate cycled through more than twenty khans, many lasting only months before assassination or displacement. Gulistan, the administrative mint city on the lower Volga, continued striking even as political control above it convulsed. That continuity is precisely why attributing these small silver dangs to specific rulers matters: the mint record becomes one of the few reliable chronological anchors for the period.