GIRAY KHANS: Shahin Giray, 1777-1783, AR 20 para (yirmilik, ¼ rouble) (7.23g), Baghcha-Saray, AH1191 year 5, A-A2113, Ret-162/164var, Sariev-331 (same dies), 2nd monetary series; standard obverse, toughra reverse with ornate flower left & right, floral pattern edge, choice VF-EF, RRR, ex Dick Nauta Collection.

The Giray Khans were the rulers of the Crimean Khanate from 1441 to 1783.  The Khanate was also known by following names; Qırım Hanlığı, Qırım Yurtu, Great Horde, Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography as Little Tartary or Tartaria Minor. This Crimean Tatar state was the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde. Established by Hacı I Giray in 1441, it was regarded as the direct heir to the Golden Horde and to Desht-i-Kipchak. The Giray Khanate was annexed by Catherine the Great of Russia. On 8 April 1783, in violation of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, Catherine II intervened in the civil war, de facto annexing the whole Crimean Peninsula as the Taurida Governorate.
Estimate: 2,800-3,500 USD