Discovery of 59 Dirhams from the Abbasid Era in the Baltic
Russian archaeologists have uncovered a treasure consisting of 59 Abbasid silver dirhams dating back to the 8th and 9th centuries AD. The find was made along the southern coast of Lake Kaliningrad in Platineya, between Russia and Poland. The coins, most of which originate from the era of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, demonstrate that ancient trade links once connected the Abbasid Caliphate with the Baltic region. They were used in trade, jewelry making, and traveled through trade networks involving Vikings and medieval merchants. Researchers believe the cache was buried in the early 9th century, making it one of the oldest evidence of Abbasid silver flowing into Eastern Europe.
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