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Coin: Golden Horde, Mongol Empire, silver yarmaq struck during the reign of Ghiyath al din Toqtu Khan

Coin: Golden Horde, Mongol Empire, silver yarmaq struck during the reign of Ghiyath al din Toqtu Khan

1971.15.3963

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Artifact Identification	Coin: Golden Horde, Mongol Empire, silver yarmaq struck during the reign of Ghiyath al din Toqtu Khan (1971.15.3963)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Exchange Media : N/A
Artist/Maker	None
Geographic Location	Asia, Central; Asia, East; Asia, West; Europe, East : Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Period/Date	Reign of Krim, Togtu, Golden Horde, Mongol Empire, 1290-1312 CE, 689-712 AH
Culture	Mongolian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (N/A)	1.63 cm
Dimension 2 (N/A)	.03 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A)	N/A
Weight	1.12 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Metal--Silver
Manufacturing Processes	Striking
Munsell Color Information	waived

Research Remarks

Published Description	N/A
Description	Coin struck during the reign of Ghiyath al din Toqtu Khan, 1290–1312 Silver yarmaq, c. 1306 (706 AH) Mint: Qrim (Krim, Krym, also Solkhat and Qrim al-Jadid, or “New Qrim), north of the Black Sea, west of Caffa (Kaffa, or Theodosia, modern Feodosiya) in modern Ukraine, Crimea Yale Collection, 1971.15.3963 Obverse: Tamgha (insignia) of the house of Batu at the center with inscription on either side: “Qrim” or possibly “Solkhat” (left), “minted” or “struck” (right) (Arabic script, Arabic language?) Reverse: Inscription identifying Ghiyath al din Toqtu, including the words “Khan” and “judge” (Arabic language)
Comparanda	N/A
Bibliography	Mitchiner, Michael, The World of Islam: Oriental Coins and their Values, Hawkins Publications, 1977, p. 242 [ISBN 0-904173-15-1]

Artifact History

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

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