Reproduction Viking Silver Penny

A Viking silver penny based on examples from York

This reproduction of a Viking silver penny immitates those minited bu the Vikign rulers of York in the tenth century. Viking rulers in the Danelaw eventually took up the Anglo-Saxon practice of minting coins which helped legitimise their authority.

Object Type

Coin

Date

circa 895 — 930

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Reproduction

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

coin, Currency, Danelaw, Economy, penny, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, reproduction, silver, trade, Viking, York

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

This object is related to York, North Yorkshire.
Find out about York, North Yorkshire.

Acknowledgements

Made by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions

(c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age