Medieval Europe’s Most Important Coin

Offa’s Gold Dinar is unique - in Arabic on one side, it praises the Muslim God in Arabic, then on the other side, in Latin, it lauds Offa of Mercia - a decidedly Christian king. The existence of this coin reveals to us malleable concepts in the medieval period - and the ideas which this coin has at its core are twofold - 1. The growing role of commerce in pre-Viking Medieval Europe 2. The ideas which kings form about their right to rule - specifically, what behaviour is considered “kingly“. Hear from me: Twitter: Instagram: Support Me: Patreon: Paypal: kofi: