Dirham - Töregene Khatun Archer type

Issuer Great Mongol
Year 1242-1246
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Silver Dirham (0.7)
Currency Dinar (1206-1368)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.9 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) A#1976
Obverse description Image of a mounted archer in action during a hunt. The horse gallops to the left whilst the archer turns behind to shoot their bow off to the right. Underneath the horse, a hare darts off to the right (presumably trying to miss the arrows!). The text, Turkic in Arabic script, appears around the top.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering الغ منقل الوس بيك
(Translation: Chief of the Great Mongol Nation)
Reverse description Kalima in the centre with the year (and in some cases the mint) going around.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
(Translation: There is no god but God. Muhammad is the Messenger of God.)
Edge
Mint Gence, modern-day Ganja,Azerbaijan
Khilat, modern-day Ahlat,Turkey
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Tebriz, modern-day Tabriz,Iran
Tiflis, modern-day Tbilisi,Georgia
Urmiya, modern-day Urmia,Iran
Mintage ? - Akhlat/Kihlat -
? - Bakuya/Baku -
? - Barzand -
? - Kiran/Gilan -
? - Lachin -
? - Urmiya -
? - Wirawi/Warawi -
ND (1242-1246) - 639-643 AH -
642 (1244) - Dmanis -
642 (1244) - Ganja -
642 (1244) - Nakhjawan/Nakhchivan -
642 (1244) - Tabriz -
642 (1244) - Tiflis -
642 (1244) - Warthan -
642 (1245) - Missing Mint -
643 (1245) - Ganja -
643 (1245) - Lashkar -
643 (1245) - Nakhjawan/Nakhchivan -
643 (1246) - Missing Mint -
645 (1247) - Balaqan -
645 (1247) - Bawonq -
645 (1247) - Tabriz -
Numisquare ID 2531727510
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