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Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the use of coins, either for monetary value or for other purposes, in Anglo-Saxon England.. Archaeologists have uncovered large quantities of coins dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, either from hoards or stray finds, making them one of the most plentiful kinds of artefact that survive from this period.
The New Era: the Reformation of the Late Anglo-Saxon Coinage (Stockholm, 1986) Jonsson, K., Viking-Age Hoards and Late Anglo-Saxon Coins: a Study in Honour of Bror Emil Hildebrand's Anglosachsiska mynt (Stockholm, 1987) Metcalf, D. M., An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coin Finds, c. 973 – 1086 (London, 1998)
Hoards associated with the Anglo-Saxon culture, from the 6th century to 1066, are relatively uncommon. Those that have been found include both hoards of coins and hoards of jewellery and metalwork such as sword hilts and crosses. The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard to have been found, comprising over 1,500 items of gold and ...
Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016 By V. M. Potin. 54 plates. 1999. 51. ESTONIAN COLLECTIONS. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins. By I. Leimus and A. Molvõgin. 54 plates. 2001. 52. UPPSALA UNIVERSITY COIN CABINET. Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins By E. Lindberger. (Publ. jointly with the University of Uppsala.) 37 plates. 2006. 53.
William I penny, minted at Lewes Cut penny of William I, minted at Norwich. Following the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror continued the Anglo-Saxon coinage system. As a penny was a fairly large unit of currency at the time, when small change was needed a penny would be cut in half or into quarters at the mint of issue.
The collapse of Roman material culture some time in the early 5th century left a gap in the archaeological record that was quite rapidly filled by the intrusive Anglo-Saxon material culture, while the native culture became archaeologically close to invisible—although recent hoards and metal-detector finds show that coin use and imports did ...
The hoard consists of 5,252 silver coins, of which 5,251 are whole and one is a portion of a coin that had been cut in half.They date from the first half of the eleventh century, and include many coins from the reigns of two Anglo-Saxon kings, Æthelred the Unready (reigned 978–1013 and 1014–1016) and Cnut the Great (reigned 1016–1035). [2]
The Liudhard medalet is a gold Anglo-Saxon coin or small medal found sometime before 1844 near St Martin's Church in Canterbury, England. It was part of the Canterbury-St Martin's hoard of six items. The coin, along with other items found with it, now resides in the World Museum in Liverpool. Although some scholarly debate exists on whether or ...