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Silver economy in the Viking age / James Graham-Campbell, Gareth Williams, editors.

Contributor(s): Graham-Campbell, James | Williams, Gareth, 1969-
Publisher: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, c2007.Description: 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781598742220; 1598742221Subject(s): Coins, Scandinavian | Coins, Medieval | Silver coins -- Europe -- History | Coinage -- Europe -- History | Money -- Europe -- History | Numismatics -- Europe -- History | Viking antiquities | Coin hoards -- Europe | Europe -- Antiquities | Europe -- Economic conditions -- To 1492DDC classification: 737.49363
Contents:
Regions around the North Sea with a monetised economy in the pre-Viking and Viking ages / D M Metcalf -- South Scandinavian coinage in the ninth century / Brita Malmer -- Hedeby and its hinterland : a local numismatic region / Ralf Wiechmann -- The evidence of pecking on coins from the Cuerdale Hoard : summary version / Marion M Archibald -- Gold in England during the 'age of silver' (eighth-eleventh centuries) / Mark Blackburn -- A survey of coin production and currency in Normandy, 864-945 / Jens Christian Moesgaard -- Viking economies : evidence from the silver hoards / Märit Gaimster -- Oriental-Scandinavian contacts on the Volga, as manifested by silver rings and weight systems / Birgitta Hårdh -- The form and structure of Viking-age silver hoards : the evidence from Ireland / John Sheehan -- Trade and exchange across frontiers / Susan E Kruse -- Kingship, Christianity and coinage : monetary and political perspectives on silver economy in the Viking age / Gareth Williams -- Reflections on 'silver economy in the Viking age' / James Graham-Campbell.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Coins and Medals Shelves EU 9 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 177441-2001
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves AS 5.1 G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10000030
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regions around the North Sea with a monetised economy in the pre-Viking and Viking ages / D M Metcalf -- South Scandinavian coinage in the ninth century / Brita Malmer -- Hedeby and its hinterland : a local numismatic region / Ralf Wiechmann -- The evidence of pecking on coins from the Cuerdale Hoard : summary version / Marion M Archibald -- Gold in England during the 'age of silver' (eighth-eleventh centuries) / Mark Blackburn -- A survey of coin production and currency in Normandy, 864-945 / Jens Christian Moesgaard -- Viking economies : evidence from the silver hoards / Märit Gaimster -- Oriental-Scandinavian contacts on the Volga, as manifested by silver rings and weight systems / Birgitta Hårdh -- The form and structure of Viking-age silver hoards : the evidence from Ireland / John Sheehan -- Trade and exchange across frontiers / Susan E Kruse -- Kingship, Christianity and coinage : monetary and political perspectives on silver economy in the Viking age / Gareth Williams -- Reflections on 'silver economy in the Viking age' / James Graham-Campbell.