The distribution of the coin finds suggests that their principal use was in external trade and that, apart from for the payment of taxes, coins were little used by the great majority of Northumbrians in daily life.
A distribución dos achados monetarios suxire que o seu uso principal era o comercio exterior e que, á parte do pago dos impostos, as moedas foron pouco utilizadas pola gran maioría de northumbrianos na vida diaria.