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Mongols, The Great - Ghenghis Khan Gold Dinar

Moneta — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:22:00 -0700

by: Moneta

Description: Great Mongols. Temp. Chingiz Khan (603-624AH / 1206-1227AD); AV dinar, 4.8 g. Style of Badakhshan mint. Clear date 618AH (in margins at 13 o’clock – 18 o’clock on the REVERSE). OBVERSE: “la ilah illa allah muhammad rasulu allah” (there is no deity except God, Muhammad is the messenger of God). Surat At-Tawbah, Verse 33, in margins REVERSE: “al-nasir al-din allah amir al-mu’minin” (al-Nasir al-Din Allah Commander of the faithful). Mint formula in margins: “bismillah ‘darb ha’da fi sana thaman ‘ashra sittmi’a” (in the name of God this was struck in the year eighteen six hundred) Choice XF to AU. Dated dinars of early Great Mongols’ issues are EXTREMELY RARE. Illustration purposes only, this coin is not physically in the Moneta Museum.

Mongol - Ghengis Khan dirhem

Moneta — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0800

by: Moneta

Description: Purchased at auction from Frank Robinson (114 lot 362; $366), it was described as: MONGOLS, Genghis Khan, 1206-27 [AH 603 - 624], Billon Dirhem, AF/F-VF, one side somewhat off-center, minor weakness, silver color with some coppery toning. New information on the early series of Mongol coins during Chingis Khan [alt. spelling] is still coming out as new finds and scholarship allow. Like most coins of Genghis Khan this example does not bear his Tamgha, a personal symbol found on most later Mongol coins. This appears to be in the design known as a Ghazna type which refers to the Khan as "The Great of the Great Khagan." Thus it is one step lower than the very rare issues that quote his name but much scarcer than the vast majority that are anonymous. This is a dirhem due to the silver content, other coins with the same legend, that are copper, are generally known as jitals. I admit that these denomination terms seem to be interchangeable depending on who's writing about them. OB: Al Adil / Al Khagan / Al A'zam [The Great of the Great Khagan]; Rx; Name of the Abbaside Caliph in Bagdad. Album # 1969; Nyamaa # 5. The following is from Steve Album's "Checklist" [2nd ed.]: The Great Mongols, Chingiz Khan and his descendants, were not Muslims, but struck Islamic style coinage in the Muslim lands they conquered. They had no indigenous coinage, but some Mongol rulers had earlier produced Chinese style cash in parts of northern China they had occupied [Liao Dynasty]. As a general rule, they adopted the local currencies in each conquered area, changing only the inscriptions to suit the new political order. THE TEXT BELOW REFERS TO JITALS, BASE METAL Fractionals of the Dirhem Above: Most early Mongol coinage is anonymous, except for mention of the caliph. Each mint or group of adjacent mints maintained its own types and standards. Only the gold coinage is normally dated and often bears the mint name. The silver and copper coinage is usually undated, and some types are only conjecturally assigned to the Mongols... further... Silver full dirhams were struck in both eastern Khurasan (especially Ghazna, Balkh & Herat), and in the Transcaucasian regions of the northwest (especially Tiflis and Tabriz), alongside half dirhams from the later region. ... Base metal jitals were struck only in eastern Khurasan and Sind, and often contain considerable amounts of lead and zinc in addition to copper. From Steve Album [ Internet Auction 18 Lot# 475 Jital ] : GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AE jital (4.07g) (Ghazna), ND, A-3713 (1969), Tye-329, anonymous type with title al-khaqan al-'adil al-a'zam on obverse, and citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir on reverse., VF. This and other jitals of the period probably contain a small amount of silver and may also have had a very light silver-wash. This type is the only coin that is reasonably common and can be securely assigned to the lifetime of Genghis Khan, though of course, without his name. This type is believed to have been struck AH618-619 (1221), during the Mongol chase of Mangubarni to the Indus River, when a Mongol military base was established at or near Ghazna. Early Medieval & Islamic ISLAMIC, Mongols. Great Khans. temp. Chingiz (Genghis), AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. Jital (Bronze), citing Chingiz as 'al-Khaqan al-Adil al-Azam ('Khan of Khans, the Just, the Supreme' in Arabic) and the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah (1180-1225), Mongol military base around or in Ghazna, AH 618 = AD 1221. Album # 1969. This type was struck during the Mongol chase of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, the last of the Khwarezm Shahs, to the Indus River. Jalal was defeated decisively in spring 1221 in the "Battle of the Indus", but to Genghis' great disappointment, the Shah escaped to India. He remained a constant thorn in the Mongols' side until he was assassinated by an unknown Kurd in the Mayyafarikin mountains in 1231. [ Leu Numismatik; Web Auction 14; Lot: 2009 ; Date: 12.12.2020 ]

Mongol Golden Horde - Jani Beg dirham, 1347 A.D.

Moneta — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 15:42:24 -0700

by: Moneta

Description: The Golden Horde, over which Jani Beg ruled (AH 742 - 757; or 1342 - 1357 A.D.) consisted of two sub-hordes the Blue and the White. He directly ruled the Blue Horde that ran it's raiding and pillaging operations in Rus (Russia) and into Lithuania and Crimea. His common and lasting fame came from his time in the Crimea. Jani Beg commanded a massive Crimean Tatar force that attacked the Crimean port city of Kaffa in 1343. The siege was lifted by an Italian relief force in February. In 1345 Jani Beg again besieged Kaffa; however, his assault was again unsuccessful due to an outbreak of the Black Plague among his troops. Jani Beg's army catapulted infected corpses into Kaffa in an attempt to use the Black Death to weaken the defenders. Infected Genoese sailors subsequently sailed from Kaffa to Genoa, introducing the Black Death into Europe. The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence and the Great Mortality, was the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history. The Black Death resulted in the deaths of up to 75–200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Plague, the disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was the cause; Y. pestis infection most commonly results in bubonic plague. History likes to pin this horrendous death toll on Jani Beg's actions but there is no doubt that the Plague would have traveled to Europe without his catapult action. He did cause the Genoese to sail to the Crimea though. Therefore he could be called the greatest mass murderer in history. [Wikipedia] Obverse Translation: Sultan the Just Jani-Beg Khan Reverse Translation: Minted in Saray al-Jadida (742 - 747) Album # 2027 Sagdeeva # 231 Fren# 79

Jujid AE pul, The Hare, NM, ND

jumanji — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:06:37 -0800

by: jumanji

Very interesting, Jujid AR dang of Toqtu, Ukek

jumanji — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:38:42 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Timur-Hodja, Sarai al Jadid, 762 A.H.

jumanji — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:33:00 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Aziz Sheykh, Gulistan, 766 A.H.

jumanji — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:40:19 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Nurijan, 762 A.H.

jumanji — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:04:14 -0800

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Jujid AR dirhem, Lion with the sun, Toqtu, Sarai

jumanji — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:24:30 -0800

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Jujid AR dirhem, Toqtu, Ukek (Year of the cow)

jumanji — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:16:52 -0800

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Description: Name of the Khan and Year of the cow in Mongolian-Uighur scripts.

Jujid AE pul, Khyzr, Gulistan, 762 A.H.

jumanji — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:04:45 -0800

by: jumanji

Description: Type with the knot of happiness.

Jujid AE pul, Janibek, Bazjin, 753 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:44:37 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Kildibek, Azaq, 763 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:35:15 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Lion with the sun, Sarai, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:30:37 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Garuda, Sarai al Jadid, ND

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:26:49 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Chimera, NM, ND

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Bracteate, Sarai al Jadid, 76x A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:16:53 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, local imitation of Janibek's pul

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:10:53 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Flower, Sarai al Jadid, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:09:36 -0800

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Jujid AE pul. Janibek II, Lion, Majar

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:01:25 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Nurijan, ND

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:45:48 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Janibek, Sarai al Jadid, 75x A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:45:09 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Janibek, Sarai al Jadid, 74x A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:43:56 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Berdibek, Gulistan, 759 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:42:36 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Flower, Sarai al Jadid, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:15:47 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, 2 birds, Hajji Tarkhan, ND

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:55:44 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Cat, Gulistan, 764 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:54:40 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Cat, Gulistan, 764 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:44:37 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Cat, Gulistan, 764 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:40:49 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Eagle, Sarai al Jadid

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:33:58 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Sarai al Jadid, 75x A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:30:56 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Flower, Sarai al Jadid, 752 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:30:00 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Flower, sarai al Jadid, 75x A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:23:53 -0800

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Description: Type #1

Jujid AE pul, Khyzr, Sarai al Jadid, 762 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:19:48 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Kulpa, Gulistan, 760 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:16:01 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Cherkesbek, Hajji Tarkhan, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:08:17 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Mokhshi, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:49:38 -0800

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Description: Jujid AE pul, Mokhshi, MD

Jujid AE pul, Eagle in the David's star, Gulistan, 766 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:45:32 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Cat, Gulistan, 764 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:41:52 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Wolf, Sarai al Jadid, 768 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:37:40 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Larger c\m "Adil"

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:30:47 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Bird with a snake (Garuda), Sarai al Jadid

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:26:07 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Idil, 794 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:21:52 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, Kildibek, Sarai al Jadid, 763 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:17:00 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, smaller c\m "Adil" on Peacock, NM, ND

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:12:38 -0800

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Jujid AE pul, c\m "Trident Tamgha"

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:07:46 -0800

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Jujid AR dang, Toqtamysh, Sarai al Jadid, 782 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:01:59 -0800

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Description: Name of Khan in Mongolian-Uyghur scripts

Jujid AE pul, smaller c\m "Allah"

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:54:34 -0800

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Description: Host coin - Jujid AE pul, Flower, Sarai al Jadid, MD

Jujid AE pul, Snowflake, Mokhshi, 756 A.H.

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:46:41 -0800

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Description: Jujid AE pul, Snowflake, Mokhshi, 756 A.H.

Jujid AE pul, Snowflake, Mokhshi, MD

jumanji — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:42:05 -0800

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Description: Time of Janibek khan