{"product_id":"dirhamhanger-birka-8e-eeuw-verzilverd-brons","title":"Dirham pendant Birka, 8th century, silvered bronze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pendant is a detailed replica of a Viking Age Arab dirham coin, modeled after a find from Birka. The coin, like the original, has a small eye to wear as a pendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArabic dirhams were loved by the Vikings for their purity silver and were traded throughout Scandinavia and Europe; they often appear in treasure finds and were regularly converted into pendants, as several finds confirm. The coin itself was minted under the reign of Caliph Al-Walid I (674-715), the sixth caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, and bears Arabic inscriptions with religious texts and mentioning that it was minted in Wasit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn authentic accessory for those who want to depict the trading contacts of the Vikings with the Islamic world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Celtic WebMerchant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53646596800840,"sku":"0 Birka-Dirham sip","price":20.24,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/2892\/7560\/files\/viking_dirham-pendant-replica_3f2cb403-94cf-494b-9b4f-b503754f65ef.jpg?v=1785866440","url":"https:\/\/www.celticwebmerchant.com\/en\/products\/dirham-pendant-birka-8th-century-silvered-bronze","provider":"Celtic WebMerchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}