Jital hoard : with a die study

Abstract EN

A hoard[1] of 108 copper coins "Jitāls" were found[2], and now preserved in the Oriental Coin cabinet in Jena, OMJ (Orientalisches Münzkabinett Jena)[3], one of them is Ghaznāwid, 6 belonging to the Khwārizm Shāhs dynasty, and 101 belonging to the Great Mongols dynasty.

This paper presents the coins of the hoard, as they are all unpublished, and analysis the contents.

The die study focuses on the micro details of these coins, in attempt to identify the origin of the hoard and the time of its stash as well as the activities of the mints during that period.

The present study supported with a plan of the dies of the Mongol coins which considered the largest portion of the hoard.