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Articles centred upon the study of early Anglo-Saxon coinage, based upon the proceedings of the second biennial Sceattas Symposium. The imagery and development of early Anglo-Saxon coinage have recently been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars and collectors; the growth of material available for study, combined with new analytical approaches to research in this area, has enabled scholars to shed new light upon what has been, for many decades, overlooked. Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 2, using but not limited to the proceedings of the second biennial Sceattas Symposium (Leeds, 2008), builds upon the recent advances to establish a new benchmark for the study of coin typologies. Going beyond the traditional examinations of moneyers, mint marks and monarchs, these essays, by many of the leading scholars currently working in the field, draw upon the imagery present upon the coins themselves to offer new insights into Anglo-Saxon art and society. Contributors: Michael Metcalf, Tony Abramson, Catherine Karkov, Rory Naismith, Anna Gannon, Wybrand Op den Velde, Megan Gooch, Barry Ager, Gareth Williams, Mike Bonser, Stewart Lyon, Arent Pol, James Booth

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Author:   Tony Abramson ,  Anna Gannon ,  Arent Pol ,  B M Ager
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 2
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9781843834663

ISBN 10:   1843834669
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   17 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction English money, foreign money. The circulation of tremisses and sceattas in the east midlands, and the monetary role of 'productive sites' - Michael David Metcalf The de Wit collection of early Anglo-Saxon coinage at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - Tony Abramson The boat and the cross: church and state in early Anglo-Saxon coinage - Catherine E. Karkov Kingship and learning on the broad penny coinage of the 'Mercian Supremacy' - Rory G.R. Naismith Coins, images and tales from the Holy Land: Questions of Theology and Orthodoxy - Anna Gannon Series E reconsidered - Wybrand Op den Velde Viking kings, political power and monetisation - Megan Gooch A preliminary note on the artefacts from the Vale of York Viking Hoard - B M Ager The Vale of York Viking hoard: Preliminary catalogue - Gareth Williams and B M Ager Coinage and monetary circulation in the northern Danelaw in the 920s in the light of the Vale of York hoard - Gareth Williams The 'North of England' productive site revisited - Michael Bonser The earliest signed penny of Crickland: A local find of Edgar's 'Circumscription Cross' issue - Stewart Lyon Madelinus beyond imitations and sceats: trial pieces, fake brooches and some modern promotional copies - Arent Pol Notes on the Keith Chapman collection of Northumbrian silver sceattas: c.700-c.788 - James Booth BNJ Coin register sceatta index Early medieval numismatic bibliography

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Will prove useful to students of the art, coinage, politics and economy of the seventh to tenth centuries. It consequently represents a welcome addition to the literature on the period. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Will undoubtedly be of much interest to numismatists. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY EUROPE Will undoubtedly be of much interest to numismatists. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY For those

For those interested in early medieval coinage this publication certainly ranks as a 'must buy'. THE SEARCHER

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CATHERINE E. KARKOV is Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Leeds.

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