British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins I: Early Anglo-Saxon Gold and Continental Silver Coinage of of the North Sea Area, C. 600-760

by Duncan R. Hook, Marion Archibald, Gareth Williams, et al.

This volume is dedicated to the British Museum's collection of early Anglo-Saxon gold coinage as well as the Anglo-Saxon and Continental silver coinage of the North Sea area, dating from the early seventh to the mid-eighth centuries. This was the coinage which circulated during the age of Bede, the Lindisfarne Gospels and Sutton Hoo, and which is widely celebrated for its historical significance and artistic accomplishment. Both these features are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714118230
• ISBN13: 9780714118239
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 10.0"