Post Roman coins found in Britain

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

UPDATE - OUR CURRENTLY ACTIVE FORUM HAS MOVED OVER TO:

http://allempires.net/forum/forums.html

, ADMINISTRATION

______________________________________

After watching various archaeological shows, Time Team for example, I have a question that I hope is not too simplistic. 

There always seems, to me at least, plenty of Roman coinage found when the digs are Roman specific. But when digging is post Roman there seems to be "less" coinage found. Now as a layman I guess that the Saxons, for example, would not have had a monetary system but I would have thought that from the Norman invasion onwards there would have been substantial finds of coins. But I see little dug up. Why would that be? Thanks in advance.  

Edited by Seko - 14-Jan-2010 at 20:22

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
4ZZZ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Immortal Guard Joined: 02-Nov-2008 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote 4ZZZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Post Roman coins found in Britain Posted: 24-Jun-2009 at 11:49
	UPDATE - OUR CURRENTLY ACTIVE FORUM HAS MOVED OVER TO: http://allempires.net/forum/forums.html , ADMINISTRATION ______________________________________ After watching various archaeological shows, Time Team for example, I have a question that I hope is not too simplistic. There always seems, to me at least, plenty of Roman coinage found when the digs are Roman specific. But when digging is post Roman there seems to be "less" coinage found. Now as a layman I guess that the Saxons, for example, would not have had a monetary system but I would have thought that from the Norman invasion onwards there would have been substantial finds of coins. But I see little dug up. Why would that be? Thanks in advance. Edited by Seko - 14-Jan-2010 at 20:22

gcle2003 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Immortal Guard Joined: 06-Dec-2004 Location: Luxembourg Status: Offline Points: 7011	Post Options Post Reply Quote gcle2003 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24-Jun-2009 at 18:46
	I think that there are plenty of Norman coins around, so any finds aren't particularly noteworthy. I don't think there's a sharp break with the Conquest: coins just got commoner through the AS period and continued to do so with the Normans, http://www.predecimal.com/p1celtic.php has a lot of information on British coins of varioous periods.
	Citizen of Ankh-Morpork Never believe anything until it has been officially denied - Sir Humphrey Appleby, 1984.