The Coins of Saray in the first half of the 660s AH / 1260s AD
Journal: Golden Horde Review
Year: 2018

After having long scrutinized the finds of 19 unusual, anonymous Juchid dirhams discovered in the vicinity of Saratov, the authors of this article are finally able to attribute these coins. One specimen bears the year of minting 663 AH/1264-1265 AD, i.e. the year when Berke reigned in the Juchid ulus. Another coin, connected with the issues of the same typological series, has the mint name of Saray, but lacks any tamgha. While tamghas are also absent on all the other dirhams, judging by their we