Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-E9AF36
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of an early medieval Islamic silver coin. It weighs 0.54g. It measures 13.06mm x 7.64mm x 0.96mm. It dates from the Islamic Abbasid period (750 - 1258), and part of the date in Arabic (written in Arabic letters) is visible. It seems to be early AH 190s, the period of Harun al-Rashid (AH 170-193/AD 786-809), probably mint of Samarkand. It probably reads AH 193 which is AD 808. Only a fragment of the coin survives. This coin was found with other objects suggesting an Early Medieval trading site, and so is probably an ancient loss.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1258
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.06 mm
Width: 7.64 mm
Thickness: 0.96 mm
Weight: 0.54 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th April 2009
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Denomination: Dirham
Ruler/issuer: Harun al-Rashid
Mint or issue place: Samarkand
Category: Islamic coin
Type: Arab: Abbasid dirham, al-Rashid (Album 219)
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SK8380
Four figure Latitude: 53.31044484
Four figure longitude: -0.75574794
1:25K map: SK8380
1:10K map: SK88SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.