Distribution of Islamic dirhams in Anglo-Saxon England--brief post by me incl. revised map :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/distribution-of-islamic-dirhams-in-england.html …pic.twitter.com/S3KPyqQTV9
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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Distribution of Islamic dirhams in Anglo-Saxon England--brief post by me incl. revised map :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/distribution-of-islamic-dirhams-in-england.html …pic.twitter.com/S3KPyqQTV9
An 8thC Umayyad bronze fals, minted in Syria & found in the Charnwood area, England :) http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/68927 …pic.twitter.com/BcVlgcNPnV
For reference, the distribution of 8th-E9thC Islamic gold & bronze coins in Western Europe, incl this find :)pic.twitter.com/CEMHgQAfzQ
The 8thC fulus and dinars from Anglo-Saxon England are interesting, esp as prob at least two imitation dinars minted in L8/E9thC England...
There's obviously the Offa dinar, but also this second one (?Coenwulf of Mercia, 796-821) too that also prob English:pic.twitter.com/WX2ovtGAYR
@caitlinrgreen but wasn't islamophile king offa also founder of MIP (Mercia Independence Party) and built a dyke to keep Celts at bay ? :-D
@caitlinrgreen I've also heard it rumoured that Offa was actually the Black Country originator of the Balti curry
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