IDENTIFIERS
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id:	244086
accession number:	CM.81-2011

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 3 September 2020
updated:	Thursday 2 January 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	dirham

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Under Review


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/244086





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: Islamic Coin
category: Abbasids

DATING
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creation date:	808 - 812
creation date earliest:	808
creation date latest:	812
culture:	9th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Harun al-Rashid

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 15.4

dimension: Die Axis
units: h
value: 3

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 0.51



CITATIONS
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Viking winter camp at Torksey, 872-3
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