ScottO Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I bought this a few weeks back, apparantly found on the isle of man as viking currency, now i know vikings hade trade netwroks going all the way to the arab world and arabic silver was sought after by them, making it a fascinating piece but i want to identify it propely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 It is hard to decipher exactly what it is from the images but it certainly looks like a piece of hack silver, most likely from an Ummayad or Abbasid dirham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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