A Coin Out of the Ground: Routes of Contact between Anglo-Saxon England and Scandinavia, c. 990-1030

Abstract

Archaeological excavations in Scandinavian countries have uncovered hundreds of thousands of coins from across the early Medieval World. The ability to precisely date these coins to a time and place allows scholars to provide context to other physical items or written evidence. This thesis uses silver coins minted in Anglo-Saxon England to highlight connections to specific Scandinavian regions during the late-tenth and early-eleventh centuries. Distribution patterns of the coins cataloged for this thesis will be discussed in relation to chronological trends and patterns, peck mark studies, and discussing their distribution in Scandinavian hoards based on the results of die-studies.