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Coin: Georgia, Mongol Empire, silver dirhem struck during the reign of Turakina (Töregene), Regent-Queen

1971.15.3908

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Artifact Identification Coin: Georgia, Mongol Empire, silver dirhem struck during the reign of Turakina (Töregene), Regent-Queen   (1971.15.3908)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
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  2. Exchange Media
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Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Mongol Empire
Date 1244 CE
Culture Mongolian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 1.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) .08 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 2.89 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal--Silver
Manufacturing Processes Striking

Research Remarks

Description

Coin struck during the reign of Turakina (Töregene), Great Khatun (Regent-Queen), 1241–1246
Silver dirhem, c. 1244 (642 AH)
Mint: Tiflis (modern Tbilisi), Georgia (Iberia, Persian Gurjistan) in Caucasia
Yale Collection.

Obverse: Mongol horseman galloping left and turned with drawn bow to shoot right
 
Reverse: Inscription:  a Muslim kalima, the shahada, or testimony of faith: La ilaha illa ‘llah, Muhammad, Rasul ‘llah, translated as “There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God” (Arabic language)
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

David M. Lang: Studies in the numismatic history of Georgia in Transcaucasia. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 130.) x, 138 pp. XV plates, maps. New York, American Numismatic Society, 1955, p. 35, Plate III, 7-8, Plate IV, 1.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction N/A

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