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<p>[QUOTE="Nap, post: 3198252, member: 73099"]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes the Vikings in England did produce coins. These were produced in the Viking kingdom of York as well as the Danelaw surrounding East Anglia. The coins were somewhat different in the two regions. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the north (York) there were a number of types including inscribed coins in the names of kings or warlords, as well as anonymous coins in the name of St Peter of York or St Martin of Lincoln. There are a number of different types and most are extremely rare as the Viking kings didn’t tend to stick around all that long, maybe a year or two, until they went to Valhalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Viking anonymous coin of St Peter of York:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827198[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the south (East Anglia) there was more of an imitative phase, where coins of Alfred the Great and Louis the Pious (in France) were copied. A very small series named Viking rulers; these coins are extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Viking imitative coin of Alfred the Great, copying his famous “Londonia” monogram type (issued around 880):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827199[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nap, post: 3198252, member: 73099"]Hi, Yes the Vikings in England did produce coins. These were produced in the Viking kingdom of York as well as the Danelaw surrounding East Anglia. The coins were somewhat different in the two regions. In the north (York) there were a number of types including inscribed coins in the names of kings or warlords, as well as anonymous coins in the name of St Peter of York or St Martin of Lincoln. There are a number of different types and most are extremely rare as the Viking kings didn’t tend to stick around all that long, maybe a year or two, until they went to Valhalla. Here is my Viking anonymous coin of St Peter of York: [ATTACH=full]827198[/ATTACH] In the south (East Anglia) there was more of an imitative phase, where coins of Alfred the Great and Louis the Pious (in France) were copied. A very small series named Viking rulers; these coins are extremely rare. Here is my Viking imitative coin of Alfred the Great, copying his famous “Londonia” monogram type (issued around 880): [ATTACH=full]827199[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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