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Dirham 'Dang' - Tochtamysh Qrim mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1394 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1227-1502) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the Arabic legend proclaiming the royal titulature of Sultan Toqtamish Khan, executed in characteristic Mongolian-period Naskh script. The inscription is arranged in multiple lines across the flan, with decorative punctuation dots and small ornamental devices visible in the field. The strike is typical of late Golden Horde coinage, showing irregular flan edges and moderate die wear consistent with circulation. The legend reads as a prayer for the prolongation of the Khan's reign, a formulaic invocation standard on Golden Horde dirhams of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Toqtamysh is one of the more dramatically documented rulers in steppe history — he unified the eastern and western wings of the Golden Horde by 1380, sacked Moscow that same year, and then overreached catastrophically by twice invading Timur's territory. By 1394–95, Timur's retaliatory campaigns had shattered Toqtamysh's power almost completely, making coins struck at Qrim in 1394 products of a polity already in terminal collapse. The Qrim mint remained one of the more active Horde facilities through these final years.
Sagdeeva's classification of this type places it within a tightly grouped series of late Toqtamysh silver; Zeno 9936 provides comparative die documentation useful for attribution confirmation.