Record ID: SWYOR-F46B18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Arabic coin: a fragment of a silver dirham probably dating from about AD 750 - 950. Ruler and mint uncertain. Coins of this type are known to have circulated across Europe during the later Early Medieval period and have been found as part of Viking hoards discovered in England. They are often found with other objects which suggest an Early Medieval trading site, so this fragment could be ancient loss. Dirhams can also be an indicator of a Viking Great Army camp site. The coin appears to be broken rather than cut or hacked for use as bullion. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D14914
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver dirhem of Ahmad II b. Ismail, Tashkent, weight 2.32g, AD907. Early Medieval Corpus 2022.0369 Full ID kindly supplied by Dr. Marcus Phillips who comments: This is s silver dirham of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II b. Isma'il  295-301/907-914; citing the caliph al-Muktafi billah 289-295/AD902-907. The Caliph's name is on the third line of the central reverse inscription; the Samanid's is on the fourth line. The mint is al Shash (modern Tashkent). The date is not fully legible but since these two rulers only overlap in 295H it can only be that year.  T…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
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Record ID: DUR-C01ACE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete broken silver dirham of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II b. Isma'il  295-301 / AD907-914. Obverse description:Three horizontal lines of Arabic text  with two borders of text around the edge Reverse description:Four horizontal lines of Arabic text with a single outer border of text on the edge. The coin has been broken in half leaving a rough edge, and also removing the mint and date parts of the legend. Dimensions: Length: 27.3 mm; Width: 16.33 mm; Thickness: 1.4 mm; Weight: 1.64 g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-0CF3F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval silver dirham. Issued by Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi dating to 159 AH (=AD 775-776), minted at Madīnat al-Salām (Baghdad). Obverse: Arabic inscription in field, enclosed by Arabic inscription anti-clockwise from 1h, all enclosed by three pointillate circles and six sets of equidistant annulets of sequence 'O oo O oo O oo'. Outer legend translated from Arabic: there is no god but God alone, He has no associate Inner inscription translated from Arabic: in the name of God, this dirham struck in Madīnat al-Salām (in) the year…
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-031521
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2021 T225. An incomplete Early-Medieval silver cut Samanid dirham dating to the period c.AD 850-950. Mint uncertain. Dimensions: Length: 12.5mm; Width: 9mm; Weight: 0.6g Discussion: Dirhams produced in the Muslim world circulated widely in Viking Age Scandinavia and in contexts associated with Scandinavian settlement during the same period where they had an important economic function as a source of high-quality silver. Coins cut in this way are frequently found in conjunction with other whole and disjointed coins, silver objects and ingots that are con…
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-AA419A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2020 T930. An incomplete Early-Medieval silver cut half Samanid dirham dating to the period c.AD 850-950. Minted at al-Shash (Tashkent).[1] Dimensions: Length: 24mm; Width: 11mm; Weight: 1.1g. Notes: When found, the coin was bent through approximately 130 degrees. It was subsequently straightened by the finder, believing the bend to be possibly modern, to aid identification prior to the realisation of its status as potential Treasure. A slight bend of approximately 10 degrees remains. Discussion: Dirhams produced in the Muslim world circulated widel…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Driffield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E07258
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval Arabic coin: a fragment of a silver dirham probably dating from about AD 750 - 950. Ruler and mint uncertain. Coins of this type are often found with other objects which suggest an Early Medieval trading site, so this fragment could be ancient loss. Dirhams can also be an indicator of a Viking Great Army camp site. The fragment is 15.1mm long, 14mm wide, 0.9mm thick and 0.81g. Compare LIN-563E1C and SWYOR-1AE8AA.
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1AE8AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval Arabic coin: a fragment of a dirham probably dating from the 7th-9th Century. Other dirhams found in/near this area are SWYOR-879A35, SWYOR-8797D2, SWYOR-5667E6 and SWYOR-89C183, so this example is probably of a similar date. Coins of this type of often found with other objects which suggest an Early Medieval trading site, and so this fragment is probably an ancient loss. Dirhams can also be an indicator of a Viking Great Army camp site. The fragment is 12.6mm long, 11.1mm wide and 0.56mm thick. 0.3g.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9458AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval plated contemporary copy of a Dirham of Abbasid, Hârûn ar-Rashîd 170-193 AH./786-809AD. and Da'ûd, an unidentified official found on Dirham with the mint name al-Muhammadîya 170-174, 182-186 The coin was a product of the same area as the official coinage and appears to be quite rare. Identification kindly supplied by Lutz Ilisch.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-56AAE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut fragment of an Islamic silver dirham, dating to the early medieval period, probably c. 800 - 950 AD. Ruler and mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey area', grid reference and parish protected.