Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm - Anglo Saxon Coins: Edward Confessor And Harold II, 1042 1066, with a

Klappentext This fully illustrated catalogue of coins of Edward the Confessor and Harold II in the superb collection of the Swedish Royal Coin Cabinet is a fundamental reference work for anyone studying or identifying late Anglo-Saxon coins. The volume catalogues and illustrates 1,280 coins of Edward the Confessor, the largest collection ever published, mostly from Swedish Viking-age finds. In an introductory chapter Dr Colman, a leading philologist, provides an analytical discussion of the moneyers' names. The volume includes a supplement to Part VI, by Mark Blackburn and Kenneth Jonsson, which publishes 72 additional Anglo-Norman coins from the Stockholm collection. Zusammenfassung This fully illustrated catalogue of coins of Edward the Confessor and Harold II in the superb collection of the Swedish Royal Coin Cabinet is a fundamental reference work for anyone studying or identifying late Anglo-Saxon coins. The volume catalogues and illustrates 1,280 coins of Edward the Confessor, the largest collection ever published, alongside detailed discussion of the moneyers' names and commentary on a number of specific names. The majority of coins come from Swedish Viking-age finds, and the contents of 108 finds with coins of Edward the Confessor and Harold I are also surveyed. The volume includes a supplement to Part VI (Anglo-Norman coins) which publishes 72 additional coins from the Stockholm collection.

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• Authors: Fran Colman, Fran (Formerly Reader in English Language Colman, Fran/ Blackburn Colman, Colman Fran
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2008
• EAN: 9780197262337
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726233-7
• No. of pages: 215
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Sylloge of Coins of the Britis; Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles; Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles; Sylloge of Coins of the Britis
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