Mongols Very rare mule silver dirham from Kaiyalyq, Mongol Empire, 1240's-1260's

Kalifat Allah, floral decorations around / Kalifat Allah, floral decorations around. 15mm, 1.34 g. cf. Zeno 176112.

Rare mule, struck with two reverse dies with identical inscriptions.

Kaiyalyq (or Qaiyaliq) was founded sometimes in the 11th century it was a capital of Qarlukhid jagbu, a semi-independent state within the Qarakhanid Qaganate. It was a small but important city on the Silk Road, described by a number of ancient historians as a rich outpost. With the Mongol conquest in the 1220's it lost much of its importance and was slowly abandoned. It is now an archaeological site, next to a small village called Antonovka/Kaiayliq in Kazakhstan. The site is only now being investigated by the archaeologists, and a few new types of Mongol coins are now appearing from that area.

This coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic.

 

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