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Dirham 'Lion and Sun' - anepigraphic Bulghar mint

Issuer Golden Horde
Year 1280-1310
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Technique Hammered
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Reverse description A large lion is depicted in profile walking to the right in a bold, schematic style typical of Jochid anepigraphic issues. Above the lion's back rises a radiate sun with a stylized human face at its center, rendered in characteristic Golden Horde artistic convention. The composition is surrounded by a border of raised pellets, mirroring the obverse treatment. The design is entirely without legend, conforming to the anepigraphic type associated with the Bulghar mint of the late 13th to early 14th century.
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Edge Plain
Mint Bulghar (Bulgar)
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