The Influence of Dorestad Coinage on Coin Design in England and Scandinavia
Gareth Williams
Dorestad is a large, wealthy and internationally orientated harbour town from the Carolingian era excavated at site of Wijk bij Duurstede in middle Netherlands. In 8th 9th century AD it functioned as junction network emporia or vici that covered most present-day Europe. The past decade featured new research into relations between these towns, their environmental cultural context, exchange goods, coins ideas, role emperors Vikings rise fall. This publication contains results scholarly congress Leiden June 2009, where renowned historians archaeologists eight countries presented studies emporia, material culture position early medieval Europe, composed around Dorestad, only emporium called ‘vicus famosus’ contemporary sources.
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