Nov 1, 2015
Were the Dublin Vikings the only people to mint coins in 10th/11th C Ireland ?
Were the Dublin Vikings the only people to mint coins in 10th/11th C Ireland ?
Background
It is generally agreed that the first coins used in Ireland for trade purposes were those imported by the Dublin vikings in the mid-10th C and that these coins comprised a mixture of mainly Anglo-Saxon, with some European and Islamic (Kufic) coins also turning up in hoards and single finds.
However, one pound (240 silver pennies) could buy you 15 head of cattle in the year 980 during…
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