One of the ‘New City’ (Shahr Al-Jadid) Copper Coin Types: Reading the Obverse Legend
Journal: Ukraina Lithuanica Studìï z ìstorìï Velikogo knâzìvstva Litovsʹkogo
Year: 2021

The article deals with two particular topics of Juchid numismatics. The author examines the legend written in Arabic letters on the obverse of copper coins struck at Shahr al-Jadid, a town once located on the site of nowadays’ Old Orhei settlement (Moldova). Researchers use to attribute the coinage of this type to the final stage of Juchid presence in the region (second half of the 1360s). Silver coins of that period, save for the latest issues (AH 769–770), bear the name of Khan ʿAbd Allah (136