The Golden Horde - the Asian Empire that Reached the West

[Tejas]

That is a very nice exemplar, with the part FED for Feodorovich clearly legible.

[Tejas]

I reattributed my Ryazan coins a bit: 

Top row: Oleg Ivanovich (c. 1350-1402). These are the earliest coins of the Grand Principality of Ryazan and probably date to the 1380s or so.

Bottom row, left:  smaller tamga. Oleg Ivanovich or Feodor Olegovich: ca. 1390s to 1408

Bottom row, right: larger tamga: probably sole reign of Feodor Olegovich (1402-1408)

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tejas

[Tejas]

Top row: Ivan Vladimirovich Pronski (1408 - 1427). Note, Prince Pronski used a modified version of the Ryazan tamga with two human heads. He also instroduced a reverse with tamga and cyrillic legend.

Bottom row, left: Ivan Feodorovich (1427-1456)

Bottom row, right: Vassily Dmitrievich, with Ryazan now under the suzerainty of Moscow.

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tejas

[Tejas]

This coin below does not even belong to Ryazan. Instead, the countermark was applied by the Principality of Spash under the princes:

Boris Mstislavovich and Mikhail Mstislavovich

ca 1380s-1390s

Very rare

Guletzkij/Petrunin no. 2403 (p. 284)

[Tejas]

Here are two dengas with the cyrillic "D" countermark, attributed to the Grand Prince of Moscow Dmitri Donskoi. Coins with this countermark date to the 1380s and were issued in Kolomna and Pereyaslavl.

Guletski/Petrunin no. 112B (p. 39)

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tejas

[Tejas]

This countermark is attributed to Vladimir under the rule of the Moscow Grand Prince Vasiliy Tyemni.

The coin on the right is illustrated in Guletski/Petrunin as no. 231 F (p. 62)

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tejas

[Tejas]

The Grand Principality of Lithuania also applied its own countermarks to coins of the Golden Horde. 

The coin of Prince Svidrigailo is illustrated in Guletski/Petrunin as no. 2632 A (p. 309)

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tejas

[Tejas]

Here are two coins with countermarks from Kolmna (or Pereyaslavl) under the reign of Dmitry Donskoi. I probably should have photographed the coins the other way round.

 

[Sulla80]

Islamic, Mongols. Great Khans. Möngke, AH 649-658 / AD 1251-1260. Broad Dirham (Bronze, 41 mm, 7.82 g), Otrar. Album 1978C.1. Möngke was the eldest son of Genghis Khan's son Tolui and Sorghaghtani Beki.

[Pellinore]

AE broad dirham Möngke Khan (1251-1259). Otrar, AH 650-658. Obv. 4 horizontal lines of text under a V-like motif and in a circle, encircled with text. Rev. 4 lines of text in a double circle, encircled with text. Over the Kalima the words ‘Mönge-Khani’. 41.5 mm, 7.68 gr., 2h. Album 1978C.1. Zeno 86152, 158858. 

Time of Chingiz Khan 1206-1227. AE dirham Shafurqan. With name of caliph al-Nasir li-Din (1180-1225). 22.5 mm, 5.37 gr. Tye 325. See Zeno 7318.

AE Jital Mongol Great Khans. Time of Chingiz Khan (Genghis) (AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227), Nimruz, undated. 12.5 mm, 2.71 gr.

Billon jital, Great Mongols. Great Khans. Möngke, AH 649-658 / AD 1251-1260. Jital without mint and date. 'Be govvat e aferidegar e alam' ('By the Power of the Creator of the World' in Persian). Rev. Tamgha of the great khan Möngke in shape of a thunderbolt between floral patterns. 14 mm, 3.20 gr. Album 1978E. Zeno 5 or 6 pcs. See 170947. Mainly known from one hoard. Struck on a somewhat short flan as usual. Leu Web auction 16, nr. 4635.