Further Reading

Early medieval coinage in Britain

  • M. Allen, Mints and Money in Medieval England (Cambridge, 2012)
  • A. Gannon, The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage: Sixth to Eighth Centuries (Oxford, 2003)
  • P. Grierson and M. Blackburn, Medieval European Coinage, with a Catalogue of coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th–10th Centuries) (Cambridge, 1986)
  • R. Kelleher, A History of Medieval Coinage in England 1066−1485 (Witham, 2015)
  • D. M. Metcalf, Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 3 vols. (London, 1993–4)
  • R. Naismith, Medieval European Coinage, with a Catalogue of Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 8. Britain and Ireland c. 400–1066 (Cambridge, 2017)
  • J. J. North, English Hammered Coinage, vol. I: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. AD 600–1272, 3rd ed. (London, 1994)
  • C. F. V. Sutherland, Anglo-Saxon Gold Coinage in the Light of the Crondall Hoard (Oxford, 1948)
  • G. Williams, Early Anglo-Saxon Coins (Botley, 2008)

Single-finds and their analysis

  • A. Bevan, ‘Spatial methods for analysing large-scale artefact inventories’, Antiquity 86 (2012), 492–506
  • M. Blackburn, ‘“Productive” sites and the pattern of coin loss in England, 600–1180’, in T. Pestell and K. Ulmschneider (ed.), Markets in Early Medieval Europe: Trading and ‘Productive’ Sites, 650–850 (Macclesfield, 2003), 20–36
  • M. Chester-Kadwell, Early Anglo-Saxon Communities in the Landscape of Norfolk (BAR British Series 481; Oxford, 2009)
  • D. M. Metcalf, An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coin Finds c. 973–1086 (London, 1998)
  • R. Naismith, ‘The English monetary economy, c. 973–1100: the contribution of single-finds’, Economic History Review 66 (2013), 198–225
  • R. Naismith, ‘The social significance of monetization in the early Middle Ages’, Past & Present 223 (2014), 3–39
  • J. Richards, J. Naylor and C. Holas-Clark, ‘Anglo-Saxon landscape and economy: using portable antiquities to study Anglo-Saxon and Viking England’, Internet Archaeology 25 (2009); available at http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue25/richards_index.html
  • K. J. Robbins, ‘Balancing the scales: exploring the variable effects on collection bias on data collected by the Portable Antiquities Scheme’, Landscapes 14 (2013), 54–72

Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles

  • 1. FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE. Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins. By P. GRIERSON. 32 plates, 1958.
  • 2. HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, GLASGOW. Anglo-Saxon Coins. By A. S. ROBERTSON. 42 plates, 1961.
  • 3. COINS OF THE CORITANI. By D. F. ALLEN. 8 plates, 1963.
  • 4. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN. Part I. Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon Coins. By G. GALSTER. 30 plates, 1964.
  • 5. GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER. Coins with the Chester Mint-Signature. By E. J. E. PIRIE. 16 plates, 1964.
  • 6. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH. Anglo-Saxon Coins. By R. B. K. STEVENSON. 29 plates, 1966.
  • 7. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN. Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Æthelræd II. By G. GALSTER. (Publ. jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation.) 71 plates, 1966.
  • 8. BRITISH MUSEUM. Hiberno-Norse Coins. By R. H. M. DOLLEY. 8 plates, 1966.
  • 9. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD. Part I. Anglo-Saxon Pennies. By J. D. A. THOMPSON. 42 plates, 1967.
  • 10. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST. Part I. Anglo-Irish Coins, John-Edward III. By M. DOLLEY AND W. SEABY. (Publ. jointly with the Trustees of the Ulster Museum.) 20 plates, 1968.
  • 11. READING UNIVERSITY. Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins; ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM. [Part VI.] Anglo-Norman Pennies. By C. E. BLUNT AND M. DOLLEY. (Publ. jointly with the Swedish Royal Academy.) 20 plates, 1969.
  • 12. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD. Part II. English Coins 1066–1279. By D. M. METCALF. 36 plates, 1969.
  • 13–15. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN. Parts IIIA, B and C. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut. By G. GALSTER. (Publ. jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation.) 158 plates, 1970. (3 vols.)
  • 16. NORWEB COLLECTION. Ancient British and English Coins to 1180. By C. E. BLUNT, F. ELMORE JONES and R. P. MACK. 17 plates, 1971.
  • 17. MIDLAND MUSEUMS, Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman Coins. By A. J. H. GUNSTONE. 30 plates, 1971.
  • 18. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN. Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins from Harold I and Anglo-Norman Coins. By G. GALSTER. (Publ. jointly with the Carlsberg Foundation.) 54 plates, 1972.
  • 19. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER MUSEUMS. Ancient British Coins and Coins of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Mints. By L. V. GRINSELL, C. E. BLUNT and M. DOLLEY. 27 plates, 1972.
  • 20. MACK COLLECTION. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman Coins. By R. P. MACK. 56 plates, 1973.
  • 21. YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS. Coins from Northumbrian Mints c. 895–1279; Ancient British and later coins from other mints to 1279. By E. J. E. PIRIE. 54 plates, 1975.
  • 22. ROYAL COLLECTION, COPENHAGEN. Part V. Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Irish Coins. By G. GALSTER with M. DOLLEY and J. STEEN JENSEN. 22 Plates, 1975.
  • 23. ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD. Part III. Coins of Henry VII. By D. M. METCALF. 53 plates, 1976.
  • 24. WEST COUNTRY MUSEUMS. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins. By A. J. H. GUNSTONE. 35 plates, 1977.
  • 25. NATIONAL MUSEUM, HELSINKI. Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins. By T. TALVIO. 41 plates, 1978.
  • 26. MUSEUMS IN EAST ANGLIA. Morley St Peter Hoard and Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Angevin Coins, and later coins of the Norwich Mint. By T. H. McK. CLOUGH. 52 plates, 1980.
  • 27 . LINCOLNSHIRE COLLECTIONS. Coins from Lincolnshire Mints and Ancient British and later coins to 1272. By A. J. H. GUNSTONE. 68 plates, 1981.
  • 28. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 1–20. By V. SMART. 1981.
  • 29. MERSEYSIDE COUNTY MUSEUMS. Ancient British and later coins to 1279. By M. WARHURST. 39 plates, 1982.
  • 30. AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins. By J. D. BRADY. 30 plates, 1982.
  • 31. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part I. Bedfordshire to Devon. By R. H. THOMPSON. 35 plates, 1984.
  • 32. ULSTER MUSEUM, BELFAST. Part II. Hiberno-Norse Coins. By W. SEABY. (Publ. jointly with the Trustees of the Ulster Museum.) 16 plates, 1984.
  • 33. BROOKER COLLECTION. Coins of Charles I. By J. J. NORTH and P. J. PRESTON-MORLEY. 130 plates, 1984.
  • 34. BRITISH MUSEUM. Anglo-Saxon Coins. Part V. Athelstan to Edgar's Reform. By M. M. ARCHIBALD and C. E. BLUNT. 56 plates, 1986.
  • 35. ASHMOLEAN AND HUNTERIAN MUSEUMS. Scottish Coins. By J. D. BATESON and N. J. MAYHEW, 116 plates, 1987.
  • 36. STATE MUSEUM BERLIN. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norse Coins. By B. KLUGE. (Publ. jointly with the State Museum Berlin.) 41 plates, 1987.
  • 37. POLISH MUSEUMS. Anglo-Saxon and later medieval British coins. By A. MIKOŁAJCZYK. (Publ. jointly with the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum in Łódź.) 20 plates, 1987.
  • 38. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part II. Dorset to Gloucestershire. By R. H. THOMPSON. 41 plates, 1988.
  • 39. NORTH COLLECTION. Edwardian English Silver Coins, 1279–1351. By J. J. NORTH. 46 plates, 1989.
  • 40. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM. Part IV. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Harold I and Harthacnut. By T. TALVIO. 74 plates, 1991.
  • 41. CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLS. 21–40. By V. J. SMART. 1992.
  • 42. SOUTH-EASTERN MUSEUMS. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and later coins to 1279. By A. J. H. GUNSTONE with V. SMART and others. 78 plates, 1992.
  • 43. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part III. Hampshire to Lincolnshire. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 51 plates, 1992.
  • 44. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part IV. Norfolk to Somerset. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 50 plates, 1993.
  • 45. LATVIAN COLLECTIONS. Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins. By T. BERGA. 12 plates, 1996.
  • 46. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part V. Staffordshire to Westmorland. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 51 plates, 1996.
  • 47. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION. Part I. English Gold Coins and their Imitations, 1257–1603. By P. WOODHEAD. 83 plates, 1996.
  • 48. NORTHERN MUSEUMS. Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins to 1279. By J. BOOTH. 64 plates, 1997.
  • 49. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part VI. Wiltshire to Yorkshire, Ireland to Wales. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 43 plates, 1999.
  • 50. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG. Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. By V. M. POTIN. 54 plates, 1999.
  • 51. ESTONIAN COLLECTIONS. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and later British Coins. By I. LEIMUS and A. MOLVÕGIN. 54 plates, 2001.
  • 52. UPPSALA UNIVERSITY COIN CABINET. Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins. By E. LINDBERGER. (Publ. jointly with the University of Uppsala) 37 plates, 2006.
  • 53. SCOTTISH MUSEUMS. English Coins, 1066–1279. By J. D. BATESON. 38 plates, 2001.
  • 54. ROYAL COIN CABINET, STOCKHOLM. Part V. Anglo-Saxon Coins: Edward the Confessor and Harold II, 1042–1066. By F. COLMAN. Part VI supplement. Anglo-Norman Pennies. By M. BLACKBURN and K. JONSSON. 57 plates, 2007.
  • 55. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG. Part IV. English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066–1485. By M. MUCHA. 23 plates, 2005.
  • 56. MASS COLLECTION. English Short Cross Coins, 1180–1247. By J. P. MASS. 82 plates, 2001.
  • 57. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION. Part II. English Gold Coins, 1603 to the 20th Century. By P. WOODHEAD. 58 plates, 2001.
  • 58. NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH. Scottish Coins Part I. 1526–1603. By N. M. McQ. HOLMES. 99 plates, 2006.
  • 59. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part VII. City of London. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 61 plates, 2007.
  • 60. HERMITAGE MUSEUM, ST PETERSBURG. Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins 1016–1066. By V. M. POTIN. 47 plates, 2011.
  • 61. SCHNEIDER COLLECTION. Part III. Anglo-Gallic, Flemish and Brabantine Gold Coins 1330–1794. By P. WOODHEAD. 38 plates, 2010.
  • 62. NORWEB COLLECTION. Tokens of the British Isles 1575–1750. Part VIII. Middlesex and uncertain pieces. By R. H. THOMPSON and M. J. DICKINSON. 68 plates, 2011.
  • 63. BRITISH MUSEUM. Anglo-Saxon Coins I. Early Anglo-Saxon Gold and Anglo-Saxon and Continental Silver Coinage of the North Sea Area, c. 600–750. By A. GANNON. 37 plates, 2013.
  • 64. GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER. Part II. Anglo-Saxon Coins and Post-Conquest Coins to 1180. By HUGH PAGAN. 34 plates, 2012.
  • 65. NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS. Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. By ELINA SCREEN. 76 plates, 2013.
  • 66. NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS. Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins, 1016–1279. By ELINA SCREEN. 100 plates, 2015.
  • 67. BRITISH MUSEUM. Anglo-Saxon Coins II. Southern English Coinage from Offa to Alfred c. 760–880. By R. NAISMITH, 2016.
  • 68. THE LYON COLLECTION OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS. By S. LYON.
  • 69. THE ABRAMSON COLLECTION. Coins of Early Anglo-Saxon England and the North Sea Area. By T. ABRAMSON.
  • 70. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND. Scottish Coins and Dies 1603–1709. By J. D. BATESON and N. HOLMES.’