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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8285298, member: 99456&quot;]This coin is from Jani Beg (son of Öz Beg/Uzbek), the year of his siege of Genoese city of Caffa AD 1343.&nbsp; An account from Gabriele de’ Mussi (writing circa AD 1348/9), tells of Jani Beg&#039;s siege of Caffa and the &quot;<i><b>out of the usual weapon</b></i>&quot; of catapulted plague infected bodies used to attack the city.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463676[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><b>Golden Horde, Jani Beg</b>, 1341-1357,</b> AR dirham (1.54g), struck only at Saray al-Jadida (“New Saray”), AH743 (AD 1342/3), ruler&#039;s name in Uighur together with his titles in Arabic</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Sultan, the Just, Jani Beg, Jalal al-din Mahmud خلد الله ملكه [...] السلطان العادل</p><p><b>Rev: </b>minted in Saray al-Jadida 743 ضرب سراي الجديد في سنة ٧۴۳</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Sagdeeva 217, Album A-2027</p><p><b>Notes: </b>More on this story with additional references<b> &quot;<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coin-of-the-silk-road" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coin-of-the-silk-road" rel="nofollow">Coins of the Silk Road</a>&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: <font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">W</span><span style="color: #b35900">I</span><span style="color: #b3b300">L</span><span style="color: #006600">D</span><span style="color: #0059b3">*</span><span style="color: #5900b3">C</span><span style="color: #8000ff">A</span><span style="color: #ff0080">R</span><span style="color: #00b300">D</span></font></b> (anything you want to post as next)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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