VIKING GOLD ABBASID AL-MUTAWAKKIL DINAR COIN PENDANT 846-861 AD or later A gold pendant formed from a coin of the caliph al-Mutawakkil (232-247 AH) with a later ribbed and beaded suspension loop. 4.16 grams, 24mm including loop (1"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Literature See Mitchiner, Michael, Oriental Coins and their Values, 2010, vol.1, no.211, for coin type. Footnotes Islamic coins were traded across the Viking world and have been discovered as grave goods or in hoards (both coins and as jewellery items) in Scandinavia and the Baltic area.
VIKING GOLD ABBASID AL-MUTAWAKKIL DINAR COIN PENDANT 846-861 AD or later A gold pendant formed from a coin of the caliph al-Mutawakkil (232-247 AH) with a later ribbed and beaded suspension loop. 4.16 grams, 24mm including loop (1"). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Literature See Mitchiner, Michael, Oriental Coins and their Values, 2010, vol.1, no.211, for coin type. Footnotes Islamic coins were traded across the Viking world and have been discovered as grave goods or in hoards (both coins and as jewellery items) in Scandinavia and the Baltic area.
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