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Dirham 'Lion and Sun' - anepigraphic Bulghar mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1267-1274 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1227-1502) |
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| Reverse description | A lion passant is depicted in profile, facing either left or right depending on the die variety, with a rayed solar disc (sunface) positioned above the animal's back. The lion is rendered in a bold, stylized manner characteristic of Ilkhanid and Golden Horde artistic conventions, with the body in profile and the head shown with a prominent mane. The sunface motif, a symbol of sovereignty borrowed from earlier Seljuk and Ilkhanid iconographic traditions, features a human face surrounded by radiating rays. The field is otherwise plain and anepigraphic. The composition closely follows the 'Lion and Sun' type widely disseminated across the Mongol successor states during the mid-thirteenth century. |
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| Mint | Bulghar (Bulgar) |
| Mintage | ND (1267-1274) - Lion facing left, Sing#74a - ND (1267-1274) - Lion facing right, Sing#74 - |
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