Coins

Name of the exhibit

Coin

Brief description

Oval-shaped with an irregular edge, patinated, Crimean Khanate. This is the akçe of Mengli Giray (Kirk-Er). Obverse. Legend: Mengli Giray, son of Haji Giray. Reverse. Giray tamga in a rhombus (square), the minting place legend and date around it.

Period/date

Early 1490s. 896 yrs. (1490-1401)–(?) 898 yrs. (1492-1493)-(?).

Manufacturing material

Silver

Dimensions

1,2 × 1,0 cm, thickness – 0,1 cm.

Place of storage, inventory number

Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore. Inv. No. BX-1564/9.

First publication

«Fortetsia Tiahyn. Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia 2019-2021 rr.». Authors: D.Ya.Aliadinova, O.V.Afanasieva, S.O.Biliaieva, N.-D.A.Bimbirayte, O.V.Hrabovska, V.A.Hrytsaienko, K.S.Hulenko, M.M.Iievlev, O.Ye.Malchenko, O.V.Manihda, M.S.Serheieva, O.Ye.Fialko, O.V.Chubenko. Responsible editor N.-D.A.Bimbirayte, Kyiv-Kherson, 2021, p. 37.