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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
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Exchange Media
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Reign of Krim, Togtu, Golden Horde, Mongol Empire
Date 1290-1312 CE, 689-712 AH
Culture Mongolian
Location Not on Exhibit

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 N/A
Materials Metal--Silver
Manufacturing Processes Striking

Research Remarks

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)
Published Description 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

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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