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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4955991, member: 84065"]From the Jonsson paper, what I find fascinating is this map of the mints represented in coins found in Swedish contexts. I may have missed one or two, but just scanning the text, she notes the following types:</p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic coins: 83,353</p><p>Sasanian: 206</p><p>Volga-Bulgar imitations: 3,172</p><p>Byzantine: 627</p><p>Georgian: 1</p><p>Indian: 1</p><p>Spain: 2</p><p>Carolingian: 75</p><p>Other French: 20</p><p>German: 107,749</p><p>Italian: 78</p><p>Bohemian: 378</p><p>Polish: 14</p><p>Russia: 6</p><p>Hungary: 144</p><p>English: 43,184</p><p>Hiberno-Norse: 538</p><p>Hiberno-Manx: 4</p><p>Nordic: 769</p><p>Scandinavian imitations: 2,116</p><p>Danish: 5,317</p><p>Norwegian: 232</p><p>Swedish imitations: 781</p><p><br /></p><p>The paper discusses XRF analysis of a cross section of these coins and finds that the silver content may not, in general, have been as high as previously believed.</p><p><br /></p><p>To quote: "The coins were regularly bent and pecked to control the fineness. By bending or breaking the silver, coins with a deceptive silver surface could be noticed. It is also believed, that the quality of silver was easy to assess for the experienced trader by pecking."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This paper is available in Academia.edu. Search for "Metal analyses of Viking-Age coins". Link below:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/36799537/Metal_analyses_of_Viking_Age_coins_In_Metal_analyses_of_coins_2018_1_Stockholm_Numismatic_Institute" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/36799537/Metal_analyses_of_Viking_Age_coins_In_Metal_analyses_of_coins_2018_1_Stockholm_Numismatic_Institute" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/36799537/Metal_analyses_of_Viking_Age_coins_In_Metal_analyses_of_coins_2018_1_Stockholm_Numismatic_Institute</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4955991, member: 84065"]From the Jonsson paper, what I find fascinating is this map of the mints represented in coins found in Swedish contexts. I may have missed one or two, but just scanning the text, she notes the following types: Islamic coins: 83,353 Sasanian: 206 Volga-Bulgar imitations: 3,172 Byzantine: 627 Georgian: 1 Indian: 1 Spain: 2 Carolingian: 75 Other French: 20 German: 107,749 Italian: 78 Bohemian: 378 Polish: 14 Russia: 6 Hungary: 144 English: 43,184 Hiberno-Norse: 538 Hiberno-Manx: 4 Nordic: 769 Scandinavian imitations: 2,116 Danish: 5,317 Norwegian: 232 Swedish imitations: 781 The paper discusses XRF analysis of a cross section of these coins and finds that the silver content may not, in general, have been as high as previously believed. To quote: "The coins were regularly bent and pecked to control the fineness. By bending or breaking the silver, coins with a deceptive silver surface could be noticed. It is also believed, that the quality of silver was easy to assess for the experienced trader by pecking." [ATTACH=full]1191269[/ATTACH] This paper is available in Academia.edu. Search for "Metal analyses of Viking-Age coins". Link below: [URL]https://www.academia.edu/36799537/Metal_analyses_of_Viking_Age_coins_In_Metal_analyses_of_coins_2018_1_Stockholm_Numismatic_Institute[/URL][/QUOTE]
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