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Dirham 'Dang' - Tochtamysh Saray al-Jadida Mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1381-1386 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears a multi-line Arabic mint and date legend disposed across the flan, identifying the place and year of issue. The inscription references the Saray al-Jadida mint and the AH date 782, corresponding to 1381 CE. The script is rendered in a bold, somewhat compressed Naskh hand consistent with Golden Horde workshop practice, with individual letter forms clearly separated. The overall composition is epigraphic throughout, with no ornamental border or decorative devices visible, and the surface shows typical die wear and hammer-strike irregularities. |
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Tochtamysh reunified a badly fractured Golden Horde in the early 1380s after years of civil war among rival khans, and his Saray al-Jadida issues reflect a deliberate assertion of centralised authority across the western steppe. This emission falls within the years immediately before his disastrous entanglement with Timur, whose campaigns would eventually sack Saray al-Jadida itself in 1395 and effectively end the Horde as a coherent political force.
The five-year window of Sagdeeva 419–420 likely reflects die succession rather than a clean administrative break.