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1 Dirham - Chaka Saqci mint
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1299-1300 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized human or animal figure enclosed within a circular inner border, rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic hammered style characteristic of late 13th-century Bulgarian imitative coinage. A Greek legend in large, irregular characters encircles the central motif between the inner circle and the outer beaded border. The legends and figures are crudely executed, reflecting the local workshop's adaptation of Byzantine and Mongol monetary conventions. The entire design is contained within a prominent dotted border running along the coin's irregular periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Chaka (also spelled Čaka) was a Mongol prince of the Golden Horde who seized the Bulgarian throne in 1299 through a combination of military force and dynastic marriage, only to be strangled the following year on the orders of his own brother-in-law, Tsar Theodore Svetoslav. His reign lasted roughly twelve months. This dirham, struck at the Saqci mint on the Danube delta — a Mongol-controlled commercial hub — reflects how thoroughly Golden Horde monetary conventions had penetrated Bulgarian administration by the close of the thirteenth century.