Home
Boundless meetings Family and hierarchy Divine craftwork Midgard Belief and traditions The living and the dead Waterways Trading and raiding Town-like centres Christian monuments
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94
Objects Svenska Svenska
Home Boundless meetings Family and hierarchy Midgard Belief and traditions The living and the dead Divine craftwork 19: Objects changed form and function 20: Viking era art – stylised animals 21: High quality goldsmithery 22: Iron ore for weapons and tools 23: Ornamented everyday implements 24: Remarkable tools in wetland 25: Weaving – associated with the Norns 26: Different objects made of bone and antler 27: Recycling of bronze and silver Trading and raiding Waterways Town-like centres Christian monuments

Listen

Coin (penning)

Square silver coin minted in Sigtuna for the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung (Olaf the Swede) (circa 995-1022). The obverse side is modelled on a Byzantine silver coin minted in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) for the emperors Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025). The busts of the emperors have been replaced with small crosses. Findspot unknown.

Download image

Object number: 100181_KMK

<   8 of 11  >