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Viking Age dirham pendant from Birka.
This detailed replica of an Arabian silver dirham was made from a coin reworked as a pendant from grave 750 in Birka, Sweden.
Like the original dirhams of the Viking Age, this Viking Age coin replica is about 0.6 mm thick and equipped with a
small eyelet as a pendant, just like the historical model.
Link to the original dirham pendant...
Arabic dirham coins were prized by the Vikings for the purity of their silver and were traded throughout
Scandinavia and Europe by the Vikings. They often appear in hoards, and were readily fashioned into pendants as well.
Like the original, the Birka dirham pendant has a diameter of 2.8 cm and is available in high-quality
bronze or in genuine
silver-plated.
A black
leather cord in 1 m length is included.
On the
front, the dirham pendant has the writing: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بواسط في سنة رابع و تسعين لااله الله وحده لا شرك له
(In the name of God, this dirham was minted in Wasit in 94).
On the reverse: محمد رسولالله ارسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد ولد ولم يكن له كفوا احد
(Muhammad is the messenger of God, He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over all religions even when the polytheists hated God).
The dirham was coined by the ruler Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (674 - February 23, 715), commonly known as
al-Walid I, he was the sixth Umayyad caliph. The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four great caliphates ruled by the Umayyad dynasty after the death of Muhammad.
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