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Pul 'Three-legged bird-shaped tamga and ornament'- Anepigraphic - Mamay Ordu
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1355-1380 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing a bird-shaped tamgha depicted with three curved lateral legs radiating from the body, rendered in a stylised, totemic manner characteristic of Jochid tribal symbols. The device is enclosed within a decorative border composed of linear frames, nodular elements, scrolling curls, and scattered pellets, forming a continuous ornamental surround. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Mamay Ordu" attribution places this pul within the power base of Mamai, the influential beylerbey who controlled the western Golden Horde from roughly the late 1350s through his catastrophic defeat at Kulikovo in 1380. Mamai never held the title of khan himself — he ruled through a succession of puppet khans of Chinggisid descent, which is precisely why this coin bears no inscription: no legitimate dynastic name could be safely proclaimed.
The anepigraphic character is politically diagnostic rather than accidental. Kulikovo ended Mamai's authority entirely; he fled and was killed shortly after.