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Book SynopsisThis 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 A
Trade Reviewa 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 *
It is an invaluable gift for the involved museums to have a fully illustrated and thoroughly worked-through catalogue of their collection ... the huge material made available ... will stimulate curiosity and research. * Jens Christian Moesgaard, Collegium Medievale *
a high quality sylloge of great use to those studying both finds and hoards from Norway, and Anglo-Saxon coinage in general. * John Naylor, Medieval Archaeology *
Table of ContentsTHE COLLECTIONS ; FINDS ; COLLECTORS, DONORS, AND DEALERS
