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E.Yu. Goncharov (Moscow) – Oriental Coins from the N.K. Minko Collection. Part 2. Golden Horde

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This article is the second part of the publication of Oriental coins from the collection of archaeologist N.K. Minko (1880–1920s), housed in the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk). 53 silver coins of the Golden Horde are published, including a Russian imitation of a Golden Horde dirham. The 13th-century coinage is represented by a Sarai dinar of Mengu-Timur, and Crimean yarmaks of Tole Buqa and Toqhta. 14th-century coins include dirhams of Toqhta, Uzbeg, Jani Beg, and Berdi Beg. The coinage of khans from the era of the Great Turmoil period in the collection is represented by dirhams of khans Qulpa, Khizr, Murid, Uljay Timur, and Abdullah. There is also a dirham from the era of Toqtamish. Coins from the 15th century include those of Shadi Beg, Pulad, and Mustafa. The most interesting are the coins of Uljay Timur and Toqhtamish; the latter was minted in Yagoldai (tumen). Following archival data, it can be assumed that N.K. Minko may have acquired some of the Golden Horde coins in 1901 in Astrakhan, while still a student, and some in Crimea during archaeological excavations in 1909–1911. This conclusion is also consistent with the composition of this part of his collection.

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Golden Horde coins, Nikolay K. Minko, museum collections, Kaff a, Tsarevskoye Settlement, yarmak, imitation, Jani Beg, Uljay Timur.

Evgeniy Yu. Goncharov

Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

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