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: YORYM-A2BAFE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut and broken silver Islamic dirham, possibly of the Samanid or Abbasid dynasties. The coin is extremely worn rendering much of the diagnostic detail illegible inhibiting any further positive identification. Dirhams circulated for an extended period of time in Arabia, Scandinavia and England and are commonly found as hack silver in the Viking period. This association is likely to date this fragment to the mid 9th - 10th centuries though the coin may have circulated for a period of time to either side of these brackets.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-E5EB37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut silver Dirham of Later Early-medieval date. The object is a cut fragment of an Islamic dirham, Samarid dynasty. Mint al-shash, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. AD 928-32.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded.