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The volume is introduced by Henry Loyn (pp 1-10), outlining 'Progress in Anglo-Saxon monetary history'. David A Hinton follows (11-26), 'Coins and commercial centres in Anglo-Saxon England', studying patterns of coin loss as revealed by excavation of ports, Roman military sites, and boroughs; direct measures of the volume of commerce are not yet available, though the status of sceattas is better understood, as is the economic significance of estate centres at the Conquest. Ian Stewart contributes (27-43) 'The London mint and the coinage of Offa', and Hugh Pagan (45-65) 'Coinage in southern England, 796-874'. E J E Pirie (67-90) offers 'Finds of "sceattas" and "stycas" of Northumbria', with catalogue and maps. Re-publication of an 1862 hoard is provided by N P Brooks and J A Graham-Campbell (91-110), 'Reflections on the Viking-Age silver hoard from Croydon, Surrey', crucial for the study of the Hiberno-Norse arm-ring type and buried c 872; other silver hoards of the Great Army period (AD 865-79) are also considered. In 'Coins of the Anglo-Saxon period from Repton, Derbyshire' (111-23) Martin & Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle discuss a parcel of pennies from the AD 873-4 Viking wintering, while from the same site P Grierson et al (124-32) record other AS period coins. D M Metcalf (133-57) contributes 'The monetary history of England in the 10th century viewed in the perspective of the 11th', seeing the period as one of vitality, with currency at least as large as that of 11th century, though with a lower trade volume and a more compartmented circulation. 'Anglo-Saxon coins found in Italy' are C E Blunt's subject (159-69), while Veronica Smart (171-84) takes 'Scandinavians, Celts, and Germans in Anglo-Saxon England: the evidence of moneyers' names'. Peter Sawyer (185-99) writes on 'Anglo-Saxon trade in the Viking Age and after', and Patrick F Wallace (201-21) on 'The English presence in Viking Dublin'. 'Regional die-production in Cnut's Quatrefoil issue' is contributed by Mark Blackburn & Stewart Lyon (223-72), and 'Harold I and Harthacnut's Jewel Cross type reconsidered' by Tuukka Talvio (273-90). Winding up the volume, the editor and Hugh Pagan contribute (291-313) 'A revised checklist of coin hoards for the British Isles c 500-1100', and R H Thompson (315-60) has compiled 'The published writings of Michael Dolley, 1944-1983'. |
