Vikings may have made fake gold Arabic dinar, says expert
People may be surprised to learn that there were points of contact between Anglo-Saxon England and the Muslim world, said Rory Naismith
The gold coin was discovered near Morston, Norfolk, in April 2021 and has been declared treasure by a coroner. As a result what should be Arabic script has "degenerated into a series of lines and is completely illegible".This 12th Century dinar found in Suffolk 12 years ago shows the Arabic script the maker was attempting to imitate
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