IDENTIFIERS
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id:	244081
accession number:	CM.74-2011

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 3 September 2020
updated:	Tuesday 31 December 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fragment of an anonymous Abbasid dirham. The coin was struck in Madinat al-Salam (=Baghdad, Iraq) in AH [14?]8 (CE 765-766). The fragment was found in the Viking site of Torksey, Lincolnshire.
title:	dirham

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Under Review


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/244081





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: Islamic Coin
category: Abbasids

DATING
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creation date:	771 - 792
creation date earliest:	771
creation date latest:	792
culture:	8th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Anonymous

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 14.3

dimension: Die Axis
units: h
value: 12

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 0.38



CITATIONS
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Viking winter camp at Torksey, 872-3
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