IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 244142 accession number: CM.142-2011 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 3 September 2020 updated: Thursday 9 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Fragment of a silver dirham struck under the reign of al-Mahdi. The coin was struck in al-'Abbasiya (Tunisia); the date is illegible. The fragment was found in the Viking site of Torksey, Lincolnshire. title: dirham NOTES ----- type: history note value: Under Review LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/244142 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: Islamic Coin category: Abbasids DATING ------ creation date: 778 - 779 creation date earliest: 778 creation date latest: 779 culture: 8th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Al-Mahdi DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 12.5 dimension: Die Axis units: h value: 3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 0.38 CITATIONS -------- Viking winter camp at Torksey, 872-3 ---