Tochtamysh unified the fractured Golden Horde under a single authority in the early 1380s after years of civil war following the death of Berdibek — the Qrim (Crimea) mint resuming regular silver output under his name was itself a political signal. This piece dates to that consolidation, struck just before his catastrophic 1395 defeat at the hands of Timur effectively ended the Horde as a coherent power.
The 1.4g weight reflects the degraded dirham standard that had drifted significantly from earlier Jochid norms across the preceding decades of fragmentation.
Tochtamysh unified the fractured Golden Horde under a single authority in the early 1380s after years of civil war following the death of Berdibek — the Qrim (Crimea) mint resuming regular silver output under his name was itself a political signal. This piece dates to that consolidation, struck just before his catastrophic 1395 defeat at the hands of Timur effectively ended the Horde as a coherent power.
The 1.4g weight reflects the degraded dirham standard that had drifted significantly from earlier Jochid norms across the preceding decades of fragmentation.