This is the first scholarly art historical appraisal of early Anglo-Saxon coinage. Anna Gannon examines the many coins produced during this most vibrant period of English coinage. She analyses their prototypes and explores their sources and parallels with contemporary arts, literature, and theology, setting their meaning in context.
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The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage: Sixth to Eighth Centuries (Medieval History and Archaeology)
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Hallmark: A History of the London Assay Office
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Testing articles made of precious metals and stamping them with hallmarks to indicate they are of a minimum standard of purity has been carried out by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for seven centuries. The minute books of the Company, the core of the present study, provide an almost unbroken record since the 1330s, and names prominent in the Company’s affairs include Isaac Newton, Charles II, Paul de Lamerie, the Vyners and the Garrards.
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