Finds of medieval coins in the context of the history of the Endirey

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to study the finds of coins of the Golden Horde from the environs of Endirey in the context of the medieval history of the settlement of Endirey. Research materials: Finds of coins from the vicinity of the village. Novelty of the research: Numismatic finds from the Endirey are published for the first time. The archaeology of Dagestan of the Golden Horde period remains largely a “white spot” to this day. Coin finds of the 14th–15th centuries made on the territory of Dagestan remain quite rare. In recent years, finds of a large number of Juchid coins from the end of the 14th to the first half of the 15th century became known for the first time at one of the archaeological sites in the vicinity of the village of Endirey, Dagestan. A hoard of silver coins of the Golden Horde of the early 15th century was also discovered. The author managed to get acquainted with some of the individual finds of coins. A number of medieval archaeological sites are known in the vicinity of the village. Archaeologically, the surroundings of the village have been poorly investigated and the monuments themselves have not been dated accurately enough. Judging by the coin finds that have become known, the Golden Horde city, located in the vicinity of Endirey, played an important economic role in the Caucasus in the 14th–15th centuries. Apparently, trade routes that led from mountainous area of Chechnya to the Caspian Sea and from the Volga Delta to Chechnya intersected here. It is possible that silver Golden Horde coins were minted in the city.

Keywords

• golden horde
• jochi ulus
• dagestan
• numismatics