[…] the hoard dates to sometime in the 10th century.
There are also Islamic coins in the hoard, and together with the Anglo-Saxon coins, they offer evidence that Viking Age Denmark had strong connections with vast regions of Europe as well as with distant eastern regions,
I mean it’s very well known that ottomans had viking guards (varangian guards) like the guy who Bluetooth is named after (harald haardrade) made his nut by sailing down and working in Istanbul anyone acting like this is opening some chapter of human activity that was unknown is wrong