Silver Economy in the Viking Age.

Silver Economy in the Viking Age.

In this book contributions by archaeologists and numismatists from six countries address different aspects of how silver was used in both Scandinavia and the wider Viking world during the 8th to 11th centuries AD.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham-Campbell, James
Other Authors: Williams, Gareth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2007.
Series:University College London Institute of Archaeology Publications.
Subjects:
To 1492
Coins, Scandinavian.
Coins, Medieval.
Silver coins > Europe > History.
Coinage > Europe > History.
Money > Europe > History.
Numismatics > Europe > History.
Viking antiquities.
Coin hoards > Europe.
Antiquities
Coin hoards
Coinage
Coins, Medieval
Coins, Scandinavian
Economic history
Money
Numismatics
Silver coins
Viking antiquities
Europe > Antiquities.
Europe > Economic conditions > To 1492.
Europe
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Regions around the North Sea with a Monetised Economy in the Pre-Viking and Viking Ages
  • D M Metcalf; 2. South Scandinavian Coinage in the Ninth Century
  • Brian Malmer; 3. Hedeby and its Hinterland: A Local Numismatic Region
  • Ralf Wiechmann; 4. The Evidence of Pecking on Coins from the Cuerdale Hoard: Summary Version
  • Marion M. Archibald; 5. Gold in England During the 'Age of Silver' (Eighth-Eleventh Centuries)
  • Mark Blackburn.
  • 6. A Survey of Coin Production and Currency in Normandy, 864-945
  • Jens Christian Moesgaard7. Viking Economies: Evidence from the Silver Hoards
  • Märit Galmster; 8. Oriental-Scandinavian Contacts on the Volga, as Manifested by Silver Rings and Weight Systems
  • Birgitta Hårdh; 9. The Form and Structure of Viking-Age Silver Hoards: The Evidence from Ireland
  • John Sheehan; 10. Trade and Exchange across Frontiers
  • Susan E Kruse; 11. Kingship, Christianity and Coinage: Monetary and Political Perspectives on Silver Economy in the Viking Age
  • Gareth Williams.
  • 12. Reflections on the Silver Economy in the Viking Age
  • James Graham-CampbellIndex.

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