Part of the Näsby hoard, Taxinge parish, Södermanland, deposited after 969

This hoard was found in 1892 beneath a large boulder during railway work in Näsby, Södermaland. It was made up of two round buckles, various silver rings (which are not presented in the display case), coins and a collection of pieces of silver. All the coins in the hoard are Islamic dirhams, except for one fragment of a Nordic coin. Most of the coins are fragmented, which suggests they were used in weight-based payments.

The most recent coin in the hoard is a Samanid dirham struck in Samarqand (in present-day Uzbekistan) in around AD 970. Dirhams struck by the Samanid dynasty were the dominant coin group in Scandinavia between about 900 and about 980.

Image rights: Jens Mohr, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0)

Object number: 112020_HST

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