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Para - Qirim Giray
| Issuer | Khanate of Crimea |
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| Year | 1759 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Struck on an irregular flan typical of hammered coinage, the obverse displays multiple lines of Arabic script in a bold, flowing Naskh hand, arranged horizontally across the field and divided by a ruled line. The upper register bears the khan's name and titles, while the lower register contains additional regnal or honorific inscriptions. The legends fill the field entirely, with no portraiture, consistent with Islamic numismatic tradition prohibiting figural imagery. The surface exhibits the characteristic irregular relief and flan distortion associated with hand-hammered production of the Crimean Khanate. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents multiple horizontal lines of Arabic script in a similarly bold Naskh style, filling the field across the irregular flan. A crescent symbol is visible near the upper portion of the die, a common decorative and religious motif on Crimean Khanate coinage. The inscriptions, divided by a ruled horizontal line, reference the mint and regnal year in accordance with standard Islamic coinage convention. The flan edges are ragged and clipped, characteristic of the hammered technique employed at Crimean mints in the mid-eighteenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1172 (1759) |
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