What the fuck /his/, explain this to me

Someone spent this coin in mercia to buy something else, and it was then paid as tax. Money traveled far, even in history.

>>3076082
It's got the name of the king on it, would they add their names on coins paid as tax if it came from somewhere else ?

>>3076065
Barbary pirates owned the Channel Islands for a few hundred years
Also Iberia is Muslim at the time so could have easily traded with England

>>3076088
Yep, melting gold back down is far harder than just stamping it

England was Muslim, as it soon to be again

>>3076065
There were no real standardized moneys or standardized exchange rates in the early middle ages. If the baker down the street (or across the world) believed that your coin was real gold/silver, it would be accepted, no matter what strange crap was written on it (most people were illiterate).

the royal mint stamped the king's name to confirm it hasn't been debased

>>3076088
Okay, ill try a different guess. It was a gift to king offa from a Muslim preacher who went to mercia. They got around a lot too.