Edited by Martin Biddle with a catalogue of the known coins of the
mint by Yvonne Harvey, this volume records and illustrates the
minting of silver pennies in Winchester between the reigns of
Alfred the Great and Henry III, a period of three and a half
centuries. At the Mint, which was situated in the area of the High
Street to the east of where the city’s cross now stands, at least
24 million silver pennies (possibly as many as 50 million) were
struck. Five and a half thousand survive in museums and collections
all over the world. These have been sought out and photographed
(some 3200 coins in 6400 images detailing both sides), and minutely
catalogued by Yvonne Harvey for this volume. During the period from
late in the reign of Alfred to the time of Henry III, dies for
striking the coins were produced centrally under royal authority in
the most sophisticated system of monetary control at the time in
the western world. In this first account of a major English mint to
have been made in forty years, a team of leading authorities have
studied and analysed the use the Winchester moneyers made of the
dies, and together with the size, weight, and the surviving number
of coins from each pair of dies, have produced a detailed account
of the varying fortunes of the mint over this period. Their results
are critical for the economic history of England and the changing
status of Winchester over this long period, and provide the richest
available source for the history of the name of the city and the
personal names of its citizens in the later Anglo-Saxon period.
General
Imprint: |
Archaeopress Archaeology
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Winchester Studies |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Editors: |
Martin Biddle
(Emeritus Fellow / Honorary Fellow / Director)
|
Authors: |
Yvonne Harvey
|
Dimensions: |
276 x 215mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
768 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80327-012-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80327-012-8 |
Barcode: |
9781803270128 |
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