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Moneyers of the late Anglo-Saxon coinage: the Danish dynasty 1017–42

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Veronica J. Smart
Veronica J. Smart
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The University of St Andrews
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Some years ago I published a study of the moneyers' names from Edgar's reform of the coinage in the last years of his reign up to the death of Æthelred in 1016. Since then Dr Fran Colman has made a study of the moneyers of Edward the Confessor. The object of this paper is to complete the record of moneyers' names on the late Anglo-Saxon coinage by surveying the period when the Danish dynasty of Cnut and his sons ruled England. Although at this period personal names may no longer be directly indicative of nationality, and the relationship between the named moneyer and his stated mint may be in some cases fluid, nevertheless such a record can still provide a measure of cultural influence and the intensity of settlement.

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Anglo-Saxon England , Volume 16 , December 1987 , pp. 233 - 308
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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