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Yarmaq - Tode Mongke Qrim mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1281-1287 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1227-1502) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Within the same triple-line dotted border, a central triangle encloses the dynastic tamga of Tode Mongke, distinguished from the tamga of Mengu-Timur by the absence of a crossbar on the left prong and the omission of a central dot. Arabic inscriptions occupy two of the outer segments, recording the mint name Qrim; the arrangement of the mint name differs between Sagdeeva #40 and #41, with the word order of "Qrim" and "Mint" reversed. |
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Tode Möngke ruled the Golden Horde from 1280 and converted to Islam with unusual conviction for a Chinggisid khan — contemporary sources, including Ibn Battuta's later account of the region, describe the Qipchaq steppe elite's Islamicization as gradual and often superficial, but Tode Möngke's commitment was considered genuine enough to alienate his own commanders. His coinage from the Crimean mint reflects this shift, with the Qirim workshop active as one of the Horde's most productive western mints precisely because of the peninsula's dense Muslim merchant population and its role in Black Sea trade networks.