The iconography of early Anglo-Saxon coinage : sixth to eighth centuries /
This is the first scholarly art-historical appraisal of Anglo-Saxon coinage, from its inception in the late sixth century to Offa's second reform of the penny c.792. Outside numismatic circles, this material has largely been ignored because of its complexity, yet artistically this is the most v...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2010, 2003]
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Colección: | Medieval history and archaeology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART I. BACKGROUND
- 1. Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England : sixth to eighth centuries
- PART II. ICONOGRAPHY
- 2. The bust
- 3. Human figures
- 4. Animal iconography
- 5. Reverses with crosses, standards/saltires and porcupines
- Conclusion.