Birka Dirham - Viking / Islamic - 9-10th century / #M13

Technical features

- Coin dies set, allowing you to mint your historical coins yourself.
- Hardened steel bars, hardness 60-64 HRC. High resistance.
- A set consists of a bar 10cm long, and a bar 8cm long.
- Bars diameter: 25mm.
- Diameter of engraved patterns: 22mm. Perfect with 22mm coin blanks.
- Deep engraving and perfectly crafted designs for optimal results.
- Manufactured in France, on order, and shipped worldwide within 2-4 weeks, from France!

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Historical informations

Arabian silver dirham, excavated in the grave #750, Birka, Sweden, Viking age. The coin is probably dating to 7-8th century, and was in use many years later.
The Vikings valued Islamic coins because of their purity of silver. These pieces have a very wide spatial and chronological distribution era. Such Dirhams are also in circulation in the Rus space, and are sometimes even the subject of counterfeiting since the early Middle Ages.