Gebundenes Buch

The Winchester Mint and Coins and Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961-71

Beschreibung

This volume records and illustrates the minting of silver pennies in Winchester between the reigns of Alfred the Great and Henry III. Five and a half thousand survive in museums and collections all over the world. Sought out and photographed (some 3200 coins in 6400 images detailing both sides), they have been minutely catalogued for this volume.

Autor

Martin Biddle is an Emeritus Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was the first Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology in England, at the University of Exeter (1963-67) and has held many other distinguished academic positions worldwide. He is the Founder and Director of the Winchester Excavations Committee (1962-present) and the Winchester Research Unit (1968-present). Professor Biddle is also Chairman of the Fabric Advisory Committee (FAC) for Winchester Cathedral, Archaeological Consultant for St Albans Cathedral, and former Archaeological Consultant for Canterbury Cathedral. In June 2014, he was awarded a CBE for 'services to archaeology.

Produktdetails

• Winchester Studies
• Verlag: Archaeopress
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 284mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 2500g
• ISBN-13: 9781803270128
• ISBN-10: 1803270128
• Artikelnr.: 69982987