'Viking-Age Coin Finds from the Isle of Man: A Study of Coin Circulation, Production and Concepts of Wealth'
Date(s): July 2003
Creator(s): Bornholdt Collins, Kristin A.
Scope & Content: Doctoral thesis submitted to the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge (Peterhouse College) in which the author documents, analyses and interprets the corpus of Viking Age coin finds, using five categories of numismatic evidence: hoards, single-finds, the coins themselves, non-numismatic silver and mint history. She argues that achieving a working dual economy, a system where coin and bullion circulated in tandem, was not just a practical development, but one that reflects a high degree of economic sophistication and awareness. Her study pieces together clues provided by the historical, archaeological and numismatic records to present a model for 'monetisation' in Man, the inspiration for which may be found, at least in part, in the demise of Scandinavian power in York in the mid tenth century.
Comprises the thesis main text, a volume of supporting material submitted wtih the thesis and a loose copy of appendix IV (Mint Composition Endnotes')
Language: English
Extent: 2 volumes; 7 page appendix
Item name: thesis
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 10914
Record class: Private
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