Arab Dirhem, 913 AD !

[TheDane]

They are forecasting heavy rain tonight, so I went for a walk of a couple of hours on the Viking field this evening.
The field is standing with smal low corn crops now, and it wont be long till no search is possible anymore.
I discovered the field in 2008 and it contains a Viking trading marked at the sea. It was excavated on a small area in autumn 2009.
The field still gives finds, but there are now much longer between them. It could need to be plowed again. That will be next autumn then.
The evening gave 3 lead weights, a piece of trading silver and this very well preserved half Arab Dirhem.
These Dirhems were imported from Bysanz via the russian rivers to the Baltic Sea in the Viking Age and used for their silver value. They were cut in halfs, quarters etc, and weighed out with lead and bronze trading weights.

The Dane

 

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[CRUSADER]

Re: Arab Dirhem !

Yep, thats a nice find

 

[Tank69]

Re: Arab Dirhem !

very cool silver an very interesting history lesson thanks

 

[TheDane]

Re: Arab Dirhem !

Thank you !!

Just got it dated on a danish forum.

It´s from 913 AD

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Arab Dirhem !

Thank you !!

Just got it dated on a danish forum.

It´s from 912 AD

Wow, pretty lucky to date that one, excellent

 

[Aquila]

Re: Arab Dirhem !

Nice find. Thats better condition than mine !

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a beautiful find. I wish that coin could talk.

 

[Trond]

Nice find, i still havent found any of these old coins, seems to me the good stuff is in england and denmark.

 

[umrgolf]

wow, great find Dane.. That's a very nice cut coin, we find them here in VA but they're 800 yrs newer

 

[Mackaydon]

And the word 'dirham' is derived from the Greek word 'drachma'.

 

[GioTheGreek]

The Dirham, was it used by Moors?

Very interesting

 

[OldNBroken]

wow, great find Dane.. That's a very nice cut coin, we find them here in VA but they're 800 yrs newer

Yeah, we find em here in Idaho too, but they are 1000 yrs newer
Very nice

 

[Mackaydon]

Gio:
Yes; coinage used in Majorca, for example, under the Moors was of Islamic types, primarily the gold dinar and the silver dirhem issues of the caliphs in Spain and the Middle East.
Don..........