Dirham 'Dang' - Qulpa Gulistan mint

Qulpa seized the Golden Horde throne in 1359 by murdering his brother Nawruz Beg, then held it for less than a year before being killed in turn. His reign falls squarely in the opening of what Russian historiography calls the "Great Troubles" — a two-decade succession crisis that would see more than twenty khans claim the throne. Coins from his Gulistan mint are accordingly scarce, a direct function of how little time the dies had to work.