King Alfred's Coins: The Watlington Viking Hoard

by John Naylor and Gareth Williams

-Written to honor the newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future In October 2015, metal detectorist James Mather discovered an important Viking hoard near Watlington in South Oxfordshire. The hoard dates from the end of the 870s, a key moment in the struggle between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings for control of southern England. The Watlington hoard is a significant new source of information on that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910807133
• ISBN13: 9781910807132
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.1" x 8.1"