The distribution of Islamic #dirhams in Anglo-Saxon England
▻http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/distribution-of-islamic-dirhams-in-england.html
Several points can be briefly made with regard to the distribution of these finds. First and foremost, the distribution of single finds of Islamic dirhams in Anglo-Saxon England is focussed on the Danelaw, and many of the coin found here have been cut, nicked or hacked apart in a manner characteristic of their use as part of the Viking bullion economy. Such a situation is unsurprising—Islamic dirhams are extremely common in Viking-age Russia and Scandinavia, and the vast majority of the coins found in England are very likely to arrived here via these areas.
