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#Silver Dirhams
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Trade & Travel · Viking settlements
Viking Coins and Silver: Dirhams, Hacksilver and Hoards
Did the Vikings have coins? How weighed silver, Arab dirhams and hacksilver served as money, the great hoards from Cuerdale to Spillings, and Danegeld.
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Trade & Travel · Viking settlements
Viking Trade Routes to the East: The Volga and the Dnieper
How Viking traders reached Constantinople and Baghdad: the Volga and Dnieper routes, their portages and rapids, and the furs, slaves and silver they carried.