IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 244149 accession number: CM.149-2011 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 3 September 2020 updated: Thursday 9 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Fragment of a silver dirham struck during the reign of al-Ma'mun. The coin was struck in Samarqand (Uzbekistan) in AH 199 (CE 814-815). 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/244149 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: Islamic Coin category: Abbasids DATING ------ creation date: 814 - 815 creation date earliest: 814 creation date latest: 815 culture: 9th Century CREATORS -------- maker: al-Ma´mun maker: al-Fadl b. Sahl DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 21.1 dimension: Die Axis units: h value: 3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 0.8 CITATIONS -------- Viking winter camp at Torksey, 872-3 ---