IDENTIFIERS
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id:	244091
accession number:	CM.86-2011

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 3 September 2020
updated:	Thursday 2 January 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fragment of a silver dirham struck under the rule of al-Musta'in. The coin is struck in Marw (Afghanistan) in AH [2]5[0] (CE 864-865) and 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/244091





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: Islamic Coin
category: Abbasids

DATING
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creation date:	864 - 865
creation date earliest:	864
creation date latest:	865
culture:	9th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Al-Musta‘in
maker: Abu al-'Abbas

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 19.9

dimension: Die Axis
units: h
value: 11

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1.19



CITATIONS
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Viking winter camp at Torksey, 872-3
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