ON THE COINS OF KHAN PULADFROM THE TREASURE OF NIMICH-KASA (CHUVASHIYA)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the typological and metrological study of silver coins with the name of the Golden Horde Khan Pulad (1407-1410). Coins from the treasure from the village of Nimich-Kasy are kept in the State Historical Museum in Moscow. The total number of dirhams examined is 189 copies, issued at the Bulgar, Bulgar al-Jadid, “Rajan” and Sarai mints. All studied Pulad coins were minted with an estimated weight of 0.74±0.02 g. A comparison of the metrology of Pulad coins from the Nimich-Kasa hoard and the previously published Izmer hoard is provided. The authors come to the conclusion that the metrological characteristics of the Pulada coins from both hoards are identical. At the end of the article there are two photo tables.

The materials used were Jochid coins with the name of Khan Pulad (Bulat) from the Nimich-Kasy treasure, stored in the funds of the State Historical Museum with a total of 189 copies. The main research methods are typological and metrological. Based on the typology proposed by V.P. Lebedev (2007) classified all coins into nine types, P 1 – P 8 and P 10. For types represented by 28 coins or more, histograms of the dependence of the number of coins on their weight were constructed, four histograms in total. When studying the weight data of coins, the comparison method is used.