One of sixty finds from the Viking site at Torksey, Lincolnshire including Twenty-three fragmentary Islamic dirhams, 8th-9th cent.
Ruler: Harun al-Rashid (Abbasid Caliph)
Fragment of a silver dirham struck under the rule of Harun al-Rashid. The coin is struck in Balkh (?) (AAfghanistan); the date is illegible. The fragment was found in the Viking site of Torksey, Lincolnshire.
History note: Under Review
Diameter: 15.4 mm
Die Axis: 3 h
Weight: 0.51 g
Method of acquisition: Bought (2011) by Bott, Michael L.
9th Century
808
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812
Accession number: CM.81-2011
Primary reference Number: 244086
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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