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Dirham 'Ornamental type' - anepigraphic Bulghar mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1280-1310 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham / Dang / Yarmag (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a Jochid tamga device enclosed within a double concave hexagonal frame, the inward-curving sides of which create a distinctive star-like border. The tamga appears as a stylized trident or bow-and-arrow symbol characteristic of Golden Horde coinage. A beaded border runs along the outer edge of the flan. The coin is anepigraphic, bearing no inscriptions on either side. The die work is bold and deeply struck, typical of hammered Bulghar mint production of the late 13th to early 14th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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These anepigraphic ornamental dirhams represent a deliberate departure from the Arabic inscriptions that defined Mongol-period coinage across the steppe. Whether this reflects a local administrative decision at Bulghar, a transitional minting arrangement, or something more calculated about audience and circulation remains debated. Bulghar, as the primary commercial hub on the Volga before Sarai consolidated power, had its own minting traditions predating Mongol control, and that autonomy occasionally surfaces in the numismatic record in exactly this kind of typological anomaly.