H 280 x W 219 mm
260 pages
116 figures, 9 tables, 9 plates (colour throughout)
Published Jun 2022
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789698299
Digital: 9781789698305
Keywords
Oxfordshire; Britain; Early Medieval; Viking; Anglo-Saxon; Wessex; Mercia; Numismatics; Hoarding; Metalwork; Museums
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By John Naylor, Eleanor Standley
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£49.00
Presenting the complete publication of the objects and coins in the Watlington Hoard, the authors discuss its wider implications for our understanding of hoarding in late 9th-century southern Britain, interactions between the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, and the movements of the Viking Great Army after the Battle of Edington in 878.
Foreword – Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum ;
Chapter 1 Introduction ;
Chapter 2 The Watlington Hoard uncovered: from discovery to acquisition and beyond ;
Chapter 3 The archaeology and landscape of the Upper Thames Valley in the 9th century – John Naylor ;
Chapter 4 Oxfordshire, Wessex, and Mercia in the Age of Alfred the Great – Ryan Lavelle ;
Chapter 5 The coinage of Wessex and Mercia, c.875–79: a re-assessment of the Two Emperors and Cross-and-Lozenge types – John Naylor ;
Chapter 6 The coins of the Watlington Hoard – John Naylor with a contribution by Simon Coupland ;
Chapter 7 The non-numismatic objects of the Watlington hoard – Jane Kershaw ;
Chapter 8 Money in southern England in the 870s in the light of the Watlington hoard – Julian Baker ;
Chapter 9 The Watlington Hoard in Context – John Naylor ;
Catalogue 1 The non-numismatic objects – Compiled and edited by Eleanor Standley ;
Catalogue 2 The coins – John Naylor ;
Appendix 1 A revised checklist of finds of Two Emperors and Cross-and-Lozenge type coins – Compiled by John Naylor ;
Appendix 2 A visual summary guide to the classification of the Two Emperors and Cross-and-Lozenge type pennies – John Naylor ;
Appendix 3 The moneyers of the Two Emperors and Cross-and-Lozenge type pennies ;
Appendix 4 Concordance table showing the spellings of moneyer’s names ;
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