[8] NEWLY DISCOVERED TYPES OF MID- 13 th CENTURY CHINGIZID SILVER COINS by V.A.Belyaev and S.V.Sidorovich In September 2007, during construction work in the area of 陇西 Longxi (Gansu province, China), a broken ceramic vessel containing a hoard of silver coins and other ware 14 was found. The main findings in the hoard were cast silver coins with the legend dachao tongbao 大朝通寶 and with counterstamps on the reverse, amounting to nearly 400 specimens. In addition, unique coins of previously unknown types 15 were found. This paper presents the reading and interpretation of the legends of these new coins without an in-depth analysis of the historical situation and the circumstances of their minting, which will be discussed in subsequent publications. Type 1 - with Möngke’s tamgha, Uighur-Mongolian and Chinese legends. Coin 1 (fig.1). Struck silver coin. Weight 2.55 g 16 , diameter 21.0-21.2 mm. Die axis 90°. There is a double linear circle with beads between the lines near the outer rim. The empty space in the centre on both sides is filled with one-, two-and three-beam beads. Fig.1. Coin 1. Zeno #60041. Photo and drawing. (all images somewhat enlarged) 14 The discovery of the hoard was first reported at the VII th MNCs in Bakhchisarai in 2008 (Alexandrov, Belyaev, Sidorovich, Cao, 2008). The analysis of counterstamps on the dachao tongbao coins from this hoard was presented by the authors at the XVI th ANC in April 2011 (Belyaev, Sidorovich, 2011a). Because of the heterogeneity and novelty of the coin material, an overall problem with unambiguous attribution of the dachao tongbao coins, the authors decided on a step- by-step publication of the hoard, as the consideration of issues related to multi-faceted hoard material. 15 In addition to the coins in the hoard discussed in this paper, there were found cast silver dachao tongbao coins of a reduced diameter with the character bao written in simplified form (5-6 pcs, 2 of them with counterstamps on the reverse); silver coins of an Islamic type with the Möngke qa’an’s tamgha and bilingual - Uighur-Mongolian and Arabic - legends, among them 2 dirhams and 1 or 2 fractional dirhams; on one of the dirhams Dr P.N.Petrov (Nizhnij Novgorod) has read the date AH [6]53 These struck coins are referred to by numismatists as Qaraqorum issues (Petrov, 2008, p. 203). One of the coins of the hoard is the same type as Zeno #27561, found in Mongolia. 16 The weight of the coin is after removal of layers of mineralisation.