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COIN

Unique ID: LON-247830

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete, very worn medieval silver anonymous 1/4 dirham of the Nasrid Dynasty of Spain (AH627-897/AD1230-1492), mint: Gharnata (Granada).

Notes:

This is the second coin of the Nasrids to be recorded on the PAS and may be the first recorded in England with none listed in Cook (1999). Hébert (1991, 127) noted that the production of the anonymous silver coins on square flans was sporadic and they were issued at varying weight.

See also: PUBLIC-6504A4 (https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/880986#0)

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1230
Date to: Circa AD 1492

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 12.75 mm
Width: 11.98 mm
Thickness: 0.69 mm
Weight: 0.45 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Ruler/issuer: Islamic rulers of Medeival Spain
Type: Spain: Coin of medieval Islamic Spain (Clemente & Cayon 599-917)
Obverse description: worn, Islamic script (probably in three lines within a pellet border)
Obverse inscription: illegible
Reverse description: illegible
Reverse inscription: illegible

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
Parish or ward: St. Katharine's and Wapping (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3380
Four figure Latitude: 51.50329348
Four figure longitude: -0.08515568
1:25K map: TQ3380
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Open fresh water

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cook, B.	1999	Foreign Coins In Medieval England	Milano
Hébert, R J	1991	The coinage of Islamic Spain	Islamabad	Islamic Research Institute

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Recording Institution: LON
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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