Walking Back In Time From 1600 To Antiquity By Decades (V3.0)

I will continue with Golden Horde:)

Dang of Toqtu Khan (Majar mint) 710AH (1311) Sagdeeva# 169

That's a nice looking coin. Frederick IV seems to have fancied himself as a knight.



That's a pretty amazing strike for Toqta Khan. Not a very common mint either. I have a Toqta pul for the next decade.

For this decade, I have an anonymous Golden Horde coin that's 'from the time of', which probably means the date is even less accurate than the 28 year range given.

Anonymous Pulo from the time of Muhammad Öz Beg Khan, 1313-1341

Qrim. Copper, 19mm, 1.3g. Zarb (struck at), both sides (cf Zeno #41114).

I like this type because it's perhaps the best counterexample to the old puzzle about George I.

TL/DR of the puzzle: a coin is found with an inscription in the name of George the First. It thus has to be fake, because George I (or whoever was making coins in his name at the time) would not have known that there was to be another George after him.

But in this case we have John the First confidently declaring himself to be so, entirely unaware of whether there would be a later John or not.
In fact he was to be the only John of Bohemia, so the regnal number is entirely superfluous, but he could not have known that.

(A similar situation happened to Paul I in late 18th century Russia; his coins prominently feature the numeral, but there was no later Paul of Russia. It so happens that Paul I is in fact known as Paul I, despite being the only, but AFAIK John of Bohemia usually doesn't get his regnal number.
It also happens that George I of Great Britain in fact did not include his regnal number on his coins - though as he was elderly and his heir was also named George, it would probably not have came as a surprise that he was not to be the only.)


I used to think that the Prague groschens (which start a few years earlier with Wenceslas II) were the first coins to feature a regnal number; turns out that Henry III of England did it a few decades earlier. I do not currently known whether Henry III was in fact the first, or if someone did the same thing even earlier.

@JohnConduitt, yes, this was uncommon mint. I have a coin from a more common Saray al-Maqrus mint, but need to make photos of it...

So, now I return to Uzbek khan and his dang from Qrim mint dated (as I can see) 717AH (1318)

Pul "Qutlug Bulsun" 713 (1314)
"Qutlug Bulsun" may be translated like "Be happy"! So, here is quite positive coin:)

One more Dang of Uzbek Khan Saray al-Jadida mint. Date is off-flan, but it may be 714-721 (1315-1321)

Here is one final coin from me that is at least partially from this decade. This Cornado was minted in Castille and Leon somewhere in the range of 1312 to 1350 AD. It was issued on behalf of Alfonso XI and indeed the obv legend is ALFONS REX while the rev legend is CASTELLE ET LEGIONIS. I have attributed it as C&C 1191.