Islamic coins & ring found in seperate Viking graves...

[bigjarofwasps]

Stumbled across these articles whilst looking for something else, thought they might be of interest?

http://thornews.com/2015/02/14/found-islamic-coins-hidden-inside-viking-age-shield-boss/

 

http://www.history.com/news/islamic-ring-found-in-9th-century-viking-grave

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2015 by bigjarofwasps

[paul wood]

DJW,

Islamic dirhams were a regular currency amongst the Vikings and large numbers have been found in hoards in Britain, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia, they were popular due to the high purity of the silver..

Paul

 

[Mervyn Mitton]

During the late Byzantine period there was a constant flow of Vikings  -  with their longboats  -  into the area around Constantinople.  They hired out as personal guards to important people  ,  and the money and goods they returned to the North were important.     Mervyn

[bigjarofwasps]

Found this rather interesting as well..........

http://www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT2310&dbname=gat&tbname=core

 

[bigjarofwasps]

http://www.academia.edu/1722281/Islamic_Coin_Hoards_and_the_Trade_Routes_How_Dirham_Reached_the_North

[Paul R]

You made my day with these articles everyone!! Thank you.  

[bigjarofwasps]

This lot sold recently on EBay.

8th, 9th & 11th century Umayyad & Abbasid silver coins, found in a Viking hoard from Scandinavia. 

[paul wood]

Mainly Abassid cut to the standard European denier weight

Most interesting 

Paul