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1227 - mid-1270s Ulus Juchi Hammered, chased and engraved gold This pendant featuring the family device (tamga) of the
"House of Batu" is a unique detail of a hunting belt from which
seventeen mounting elements have survived. The badge - an indication of
the personal property of a member of the ruling dynasty - takes the form
of a stirrup with a short crosspiece on the left side. Until the end of
the 13th century, a device of this kind was the dominant element in the
design of the coins of Bolgar, Bilyar, Kerman, the Crimea, Saray and Khwarezm.
Its first appearance has been noted on Crimean coins of Batu's grandson
Mengu-Timur dated 665 A.H. (1266/67). The belt, dating from the time of
the Golden Horde's emergence as an independent state, belonged to a member
of the elder generation of the officer corps of the Juchids who arrived
in the European part of the steppes around the middle of the 13th century. |
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