This themed volume contains 28 papers by leading authorities on numismatics and monetary history. It covers a variety of topics concerning the design, use and circulation of coinage in northern Europe in the late fifth to early thirteenth centuries.

Barrie Cook and Gareth Williams are curators in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, and are both former editors of the British Numismatic Journal. Dr Williams has published on a variety of aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Viking history, while Dr Cook's publications span the 11th to the 17th centuries.