tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562405421292908977.post6811928391106169258..comments2024-03-21T08:59:31.021-07:00Comments on Viking Metal: Silver from the Caliphate: Islamic dirhams in Viking-Age EnglandJane Kershawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297297697953458552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562405421292908977.post-27657205941066459322023-06-27T14:19:55.839-07:002023-06-27T14:19:55.839-07:00I found half a Dirham/Saffarid coin fragment recen...I found half a Dirham/Saffarid coin fragment recently in E. Yorks whilst metal detecting. This has been recorded by Dr. Martin Allen c/o the FitzWilliam Museum <br />ref; EMC 2023.0248. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562405421292908977.post-65680595852484476712023-01-28T12:38:22.698-08:002023-01-28T12:38:22.698-08:00As Cat Jarman puts it "Is absence of evidence...As Cat Jarman puts it "Is absence of evidence evidence of absence?". It might seem reasonable to think that if hoards had been buried in eastern regions some would by now have been discovered, but is this a secure enough foundation for any subsequent historical assumption? As you intimate, intensities of detectoring may vary geographically, and has the agricultural history/techniques of E.Anglia and Lincolnshire differed sufficiently from areas where hoards have been found to suggest disruption/dispersal of burials? Just some idle thoughts. Fascinating research by the way.<br />Martin Pond<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com