Cache of Crusader gold coins discovered in Israel
Archaeologists working in the ruins of the Crusader town of Arsuf have uncovered a cache of more than 100 gold coins, worth more than $100 000.
Money and Power in the Viking Kingdom of York, c.895 – 954
The aim of this thesis is to use numismatic evidence to help understand the political aims and achievements of the Viking kings of York, c.895-954.
Marco Polo really did go to China, new study finds
A thorough new study of Chinese sources by University of Tübingen Sinologist Hans Ulrich Vogel dispels claims that Venice’s most famous traveler never truly went as far as China.
Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East Central European Context
In principle, the location of coins from the 6th and the 7th century in Poland corresponds to geographic distribution of the oldest finds related with the Slavs; the coins were found in South-Eastern Poland.
Great Sites: Hamwic
Helena Hamerow on excavations at Southampton, which reshaped our views of the origins of English towns and of long-distance trade in the 8th/9th centuries.
The Normans: Three Centuries of Achievement, AD 911-1204
The Normans (Northmen) were Scandinavians who, after decades of foreign campaigns in France and the British Isles, settled in 911 with their leader, Rollo, in north-west France.
The Social Stratigraphy of Coin and Credit in Late Medieval England
The money that the medieval English made conducted matters of state into the heart of society. The concerted quality of value – the fact that creating a currency connected public authority with every individual holding it – made that unavoidable.
The Weight Standard of the English Coinage 1158-1279
In 1279 ‘The Form of the New Money’ (Forma nove monete) and the indenture of William de Turnmire both described the weight standards of Edward I’s new coinage. 243 pennies were to be struck from a tower pound of silver (5,400 troy grains) and the new round farthing was to be made in slightly debased silver at a heavier standard.
Relations between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of Coin Finds
And so, during a period of well developed exchange between the Roman Empire and the Barbaricum, coinciding with the Golden Age and the House of Antonine, Roman coins started to flow more intensively in the reign of the last two Antonine emperors.
Viking Hoard discovered in England
Now known as the Silverdale Viking Hoard, the collection cotnains a total of 201 silver objects and a well preserved lead container. Of particular interest is the fact that the hoard contains a previously unrecorded coin type, probably carrying the name of an otherwise unknown Viking ruler in northern England.
The Colour of Money: Crusaders and Coins in the Thirteenth-Century Baltic Sea
Were coins actually perceived as coloured? Several studies have elucidated the idea that there are ways of perceiving, understanding and classifying colours other than in the modern western sense.
The contribution of the English mints to government revenue, 1158-1544
The contribution of the English mints to government revenue, 1158-1544 By Martin Allen Paper given at Economic History Society Annual Conference, University of…
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade
Early medieval port customs, tolls and controls on foreign trade Middleton, Neil Early Medieval Europe, Vol.13:4 (2005) Abstract The objective of this paper is…
Currency Change in Pre-millennial Catalonia: Coinage, Counts and Economics
Currency Change in Pre-millennial Catalonia: Coinage, Counts and Economics Jarrett, Jonathan Numismatic Chronicle, No.169 (2009) Abstract Barcelona in the late tenth century was on…
Roman coins in Iceland: Roman remnants or Viking exotica
Roman coins in Iceland: Roman remnants or Viking exotica By Davíð Bjarni Heiðarsson Published Online (2010) Introduction: Early one evening in the summer…
Viking silver coin hoard discovered in northern England
A Viking treasure hoard of silver coins has been discovered in the northern English country of Cumbria. The find is being billed as…
Coinage and Money in the Latin Empire of Constantinople
What was used for money in the Latin Empire, and why did its rulers not issue coins in their own names?
Iconography of Imperial coinage of Medieval Serbia
Iconography of Imperial coinage of Medieval Serbia Radic, Vesna XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismática, Bd. 2 (2005) Abstract After great conquests of King…
On the fringes of the shrinking empire : the militarization of administration and society in Byzantine Histria
On the fringes of the shrinking empire : the militarization of administration and society in Byzantine Histria Bileta, Vedran MA Thesis, Budapest College (2010)…
THE COINS OF THE DANISH KINGS OF IRELAND
THE COINS OF THE DANISH KINGS OF IRELAND Roth, Bernard The British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 6 (1910) Abstract Charles Haliday says ~ “It must…
Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara
Coin in Jewellery from Bukhara NIYAZOVA, MAKHSUMA I. Numismática oriental / Oriental Numismatics Actas del XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismática (2003) From ancient times…
Tens of thousands of Song Dynasty coins discovered in China
Over 4400 pounds of copper coins dating back to the Song Dynasty were uncovered earlier this week by construction workers digging in a…
Byzantine Gold Coins and Jewellery: A Study of Gold Contents
The Byzantine Empire slowly changed, of course, being effected by the emergence of Medieval Europe to the West and of Islam to the East and South
