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Arab dirhams document Rus trade with the Islamic world
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A reconstructed silver-coin hoard with pendants beside a tenth-century river trading settlement; not a specific documented hoard.
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In the tenth century, silver Arab dirhams reached Rus trading centres. In the Gnezdovo hoard, dated to the second half of the tenth century, the Louvre records 72 dirhams; most were turned into pendants. The find documents links between Rus and the Islamic world, but does not mean the dirham was the only monetary unit.