Early Medieval Monetary History

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Contents: Foreword Introduction: Mark Blackburn and early medieval monetary history, Rory Naismith, Martin Allen and Elina Screen. Part I Progress in Early Medieval Monetary History: Coins and currency in Viking England, AD 865-954, Gareth Williams Prelude to reform: 10th-century English coinage in perspective, Rory Naismith Coinage and currency under William I and William II, Martin Allen. Part II Interdisciplinary Perspectives: XPICTIANA RELIGIO and the tomb of Christ, Martin Biddle The portrait coinage of Charlemagne, Simon Coupland M for Mark: the iconography of Series M, variants and the Agnus Dei, Anna Gannon The stylistic structure of Edward the Confessor's coinage, Tuukka Talvio Bovo soldare: a sacred cow of Spanish economic history re-evaluated, Jonathan Jarrett. Part III Use and Circulation of Currency: Byzantine coins in early Medieval Britain: a Byzantinist's assessment, Cecile Morrisson Thrymsas and sceattas and the balance of payments, D.M. Metcalf The use of coin in the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century, Simon Coupland Monetary activity in Viking-Age Ireland: the evidence of the single-finds, Andrew R. Woods Vestfold: a monetary perspective on the Viking Age, Svein H. Gullbekk Currency conversion: coins, Christianity and Norwegian society in the late 10th and 11th centuries, Elina Screen Islamic and Christian gold coins from Spanish mints found in England, mid-11th to mid-13th centuries, Marion M. Archibald. Part IV Coins and Coin Hoards in Context: A 7th-century Anglo-Saxon solidus pendant of the Cross-on-Steps type found in Kent, Stewart Lyon, with an appendix by Michael Cowell A small hoard of Burgred pennies from Banbury Castle, Oxfordshire, David Symons The 1699 Port Glasgow hoard, Hugh Pagan The Viking invasions 885-889 and the activity of the mint of Rouen, Jens Christian Moesgaard with the collaboration of Michel Dhenin The Swordless St Peter coinage of York, c.905-c.919, Megan Gooch The 2003 Glenfaba hoard (c.1030)