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OverviewThis volume (the first of two) publishes all Anglo-Saxon and British coins in Norwegian museum collections from the Iron Age up to 1016 (the death of Æthelred II 'the Unready'). Together, the two volumes contain images and descriptions of over 4,000 coins, making this important material available for analysis by archaeologists, historians and numismatists of the Viking Age and Anglo-Saxon England for the first time.Finds of English coins constitute some of the most important Norwegian evidence for Viking activity, and for economic life in Norway before the first royal coinage was issued by King Harald Hardrada in the mid-eleventh century. Anglo-Saxon coins made their way to Norway in such numbers through Viking raiding activity, trade and payments of tribute; consequently these collections provide a broad perspective of late Anglo-Saxon coinage as well as an outstanding series of rarities. These include historically significant early Viking-Age finds, the B. F. Brekke collection of Anglo-Scandinavian coins, an Agnus Dei penny of Æthelred II and the unique 'Pointed Helmet' penny of Æthelred II. The volume also includes a comprehensive and up-to-date list of hoards and coin finds, and the first detailed English-language account of the history of the Norwegian numismatic collections. It follows the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles series format in illustrating all the coins, allowing detailed study of eight museum collections. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elina Screen (Faculty of History, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: 65 Dimensions: Width: 19.70cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.592kg ISBN: 9780197265437ISBN 10: 019726543 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsTHE COLLECTIONS FINDS COLLECTORS, DONORS, AND DEALERSReviewsa specialist work of high scholarship which will provide excellent reference for numismatists. Bringing together all the Norwegian hoards and finds in a single volume is quite an achievement. John Naylor, Society for Medieval Archaeology to award your immense and skilled labour ... as well as your commitment in bringing knowledge on numismatic material from the Norwegian Viking Age to scholars and the public. Comments from award committee of Dr. Philos. Hans Holst's Memorial Fund 2015 a specialist work of high scholarship which will provide excellent reference for numismatists. Bringing together all the Norwegian hoards and finds in a single volume is quite an achievement. John Naylor, Society for Medieval Archaeology Author InformationElina Screen is a Teaching Fellow at the University of St Andrews, research fellow at the University of Oslo, and a former Research Associate of the Department of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. She completed her doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 1999. Elina Screen is editor of the British Numismatic Journal. She is General Editor of Medieval European Coinage, and has been a member of the British Academy's Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Committee since 2010. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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