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Yarmaq - Temir Toqa Qrim
| Issuer | Crimean Ulus |
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| Year | 1257-1275 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham / Dang / Yarmag (0.7) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays two lines of bold Naskh Arabic script within a dotted inner border, reading 'Toda Mengu / Struck at Qrim,' identifying the issuing khan and the Crimean mint. The legends fill the field in a style consistent with Jochid hammered coinage of the mid-thirteenth century. The flan is irregular and exhibits a notable chip at the upper right, consistent with the obverse break. The script, while somewhat crowded, retains good overall legibility. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Temir Toqa — known in Russian sources as Timur Kutlug — governed the Crimean Ulus during the formative decades when the Golden Horde's administrative apparatus was still being assembled out of the wreckage of the Mongol conquest. The yarmaqs of this period are among the earliest silver issues struck in Crimea under Jochid authority, predating the more systematized coinage of the later khans. The mint at Qrim, modern Stary Krym, became the commercial hub of the peninsula partly because of its position on overland routes connecting the Black Sea ports to the interior steppe.