Some imitation Islamic coins minted in early medieval Europe — updated map etc and links :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/03/some-imitation-islamic-coins.html …pic.twitter.com/xmzX5Wa964
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Imitation Islamic dirham found Gotland, issued in the 9thC by Jewish Khazars who added a reference to Moses: http://web.archive.org/web/20070928092148/http://www.myntkabinettet.se/notiser/spillings2.htm …pic.twitter.com/i1wCUAaCcn
A late 9th-century Khazar imitation dirham with tamgha-like signs on the outer edge, probably reused as a Viking brooch; found in North Yorkshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/629137 …pic.twitter.com/CC9ECmqIzD
معلومات حول هذه العملة لو سمحتي دكتورة.
The coin is based on a Samanid dirham of Nasr II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasr_II Used by the Rus' of Kiev as first coinage in the mid-10th-century.
Bela III of Hungary had coins mimicking both Byzantine and Islamic types. Also, Norman Kings of Sicily issued Islamic type gold coins.
Very interesting connection to Kiev
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