Silver economy in the Viking age
By: James Graham-Campbell, Gareth Williams, editors.
Contributors: Graham-Campbell, James.; Williams, Gareth.
Series: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology
Publisher: Left Coast Press; Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781598742220
Subjects: 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 1492.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Regions around the North Sea with a monetised economy in the pre-Viking and Viking ages / D M Metcalf; title: South Scandinavian coinage in the ninth century / Brita Malmer; title: Hedeby and its hinterland : a local numismatic region / Ralf Wiechmann; title: The evidence of pecking on coins from the Cuerdale Hoard : summary version / Marion M Archibald; title: Gold in England during the 'age of silver' (eighth-eleventh centuries) / Mark Blackburn; title: A survey of coin production and currency in Normandy, 864-945 / Jens Christian Moesgaard; title: Viking economies : evidence from the silver hoards / Märit Gaimster; title: Oriental-Scandinavian contacts on the Volga, as manifested by silver rings and weight systems / Birgitta Hårdh; title: The form and structure of Viking-age silver hoards : the evidence from Ireland / John Sheehan; title: Trade and exchange across frontiers / Susan E Kruse; title: Kingship, Christianity and coinage : monetary and political perspectives on silver economy in the Viking age / Gareth Williams; title: Reflections on 'silver economy in the Viking age' / James Graham-Campbell.