Tejas

That is a very nice example from Kolomna (Guletzki & Petrunin No. 111A). I bought most of my Golden Horde coins in Russia on a collectors market on Yelagin island in the north of St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, for some of them I lost the attribution. Can anybody here attribute any of the coins below?

Thanks a lot for the information. This is very interesting and helpful. Perhaps future hoards will shed light on the geographical origin of the so called Chi-Rho countermark. Speaking of countermarks, here are three coins from my collection with countermarks: 1. Jani Beg with countermark "adil" (meaning "just, fair") 2. Jani Beg with countermark "adil" (meaning "just, fair"). To me this countermark looks very different from that on coin 1, but supposedly it has the same meaning. 3. Jani Beg (?) with two countermarks "adil" and "khan". I think very little is known when, why and by whom these coins were counterstamped.

And here the countermark is combined with the countermark of the Genoese colony of Caffa. Since copper coins circulated only locally, the presence of both countermarks on the same coin might suggest that they were appled by authorities in close proximity, such as Caffa and Theodoro (Mangup)

Here is another exemplar of this countermark:

Does anybody know how to attribute this countermark? It is sometimes interpreted as a Chi-Rho, but I don't think that this is correct. It occurs on Golden Horde Puls and is sometimes combined with the countermark of Caffa. Perhaps this countermark was applied by the principality of Theodoro?

Wow, I love this coin: wonderfully elegant portrait, especially for this late period (not to speak about the beautiful surfaces). If I had seen this coin in auction, you would have had serious competition 🙂 The other coins are great too, but this one really caught my eyes.

That's the thing, no matter how much I listen, they never speak - which is why I collect coins of (much) higher grade. The beauty of a coin speaks to me 🙂

This is exactly my impression too. I rejected the coins, because as a group they looked kind of wrong (too homogenous). Sold individually, by a more reputable dealer, this could be a different matter. These are certainly dangerous fakes. And of course, as a rule, I would never by anything directly out of Bulgaria.

Wow, this is an amazing selection, especially for under USD 25 per coin. Price correlates strongly with condition, but the Aurelian is superbe. I could see the Aurelian easily fetching USD 80 at auction. The Quintillus should be in a similar range. The others perhaps a bit cheaper, but well about USD 25 including shipping.

These are really excellent fakes. Many thanks for the alert. However, I did see his offering before I read this thread and I can say that I thought immediately that the silver coins are all fakes. I couldn't even say why.

This is quite a selection. If this is the top 10, I would also like to see the top 20. The two Carolingian coins are superbe and, as far as I know, from rare mints. I love the Louis the Pious from Quentovic.

This is not a denga, but a Dang. The coin is extremely rare. It was minted by Prince Svyatoslav Titovich, Prince of Karachev

Boris Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod.

I think this type is usually attributed to the principality of Bryansk. I have one too, but I have no picture at hand.

This is a denga of Prince Semyon Vladimirovich of Borisov.

And another type minted for Dmitri Donskoi. His name is legible above the head.

Here is another coin of Dmitri Donskoi. The type with the rooster was continued by his son, but this is the early type, which is attributed to Donskoi.

I also have a number of early Moscovite dengas. This denga bears the name of Dmitri Donskoi, which is quite rare. It is also in exceptional condition for the type.

I think this is the rarest of the coins from Caffa. It is the only example I have seen so far. The Genoese produced their own obverse design, but continued to use a Golden Horde reverse. Interestingly, the earliest coins of the Russian principalities to the north followed the same line, they also produced individual obverses with cyrillic legends, but continued to copy Golden Horde reverses. Maybe the people were so used to seeing these Golden Horde coins that this is simply how they expected a coin to look. The Russians also adopted the name Dang and called their coins Denga. Even today, money is called dengi in Russian. Caffa, Genoese colonie in the name of Toqtamish (1376-1395) Obv.: D/ + COMVNE IANVEM Rev.: al-sultan/ al-`Adil Tok/tamish khan/ khalad Allah mulkahu Weight: 1.26g Lunardi, Colonie, C4 (Timur Qutlugh); Retowski 1.

I have a number of coins from the Genoese colony of Caffa on the Crimean. The first coin is a Dang of Muhammad Uzbeq (1312-1341) with the countermark of the Genoese colony of Caffa, from my collection. (Lunardi, Colonie, C72 var.; Retowski 4 var.) It is one of the nicest examples of this type I have ever seen and I believe that this is an early or possibly the earliest Caffa countermark. Later the countermark is less impressive and a lot more common. The second coin is a Dang of Jani Beq (1342-1357) with the Genoese countermark.

Many thanks for the translation of the legends. This is very helpful.

This is very interesting. I must say that I am a bit skeptical about this attribution to the principality of Theodoro. I am quite sure that I have seen this, or a very similar design of a double headed eagle on puls of the Golden Horde, while I'm not aware that the Genoese used the double headed eagle. According to Wikipedia, this design with the double headed eagle was the coat of arms of Theodoro. However, given the very little information that we have about Theodoro, I wonder if this coat of arms is attested in reliable sources, or if it is a modern invention.

This would be my second earliest Golden Horde coin Mengu-Timur. Crimea. Dirham. 665AH AD 1267 I wish I had a translation of the legends.

This is my earliest coin of the Golden Horde. Time of Batu Khan, AD 1227-1256 in the name of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, Bulghar mint Fedorov-Davydov 1; Nyamaa 76; Jena 67-8; Album N2018; ICV 2011.

Great coins and very interesting contribution. I have a number of coins of the Golden Horde and will post them later. Here is a Russian film on the Golden Horde. In my view this is a really well made film that gives you a sense almost as it was a documentary filmed in the early 14th century. I think the link above to Youtube does not work. If you go to youtube and paste in the line below, you will find the film. ФИЛЬМ ПРО ПОКОРИТЕЛЯ, КОТОРЫЙ ПОКОРИЛ МИР И ПРОИГРАЛ! Зарубежные фильмы. Орда