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Dirham 'Ornamental type' - anepigraphic Bulghar mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1280-1310 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a stylized Golden Horde tamga device, rendered in low relief with characteristic trident-like form. The tamga is surrounded by a scattered arrangement of raised pellets distributed across the flat, unbordered field. The entire design is contained within a plain incuse circle. The coin surface is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-hammered production. The type is fully anepigraphic, bearing no inscriptions or legends. |
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| Mintage | ND (1280-1310) |
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The anepigraphic Bulghar dirhams of the Golden Horde occupy a genuinely odd corner of Jochid numismatics. Struck at Bulghar — the most established mint in the western khanate — these pieces deliberately omit the ruler's name, making precise attribution to individual reigns within the 1280–1310 window a matter of ongoing scholarly dispute. Whether this reflects administrative disruption during the succession crises following Möngke Temür's death in 1280, or simply a localized minting convention, remains unresolved.
Sagdeeva's classification treats them as a coherent group rather than reign-specific issues.