Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man

Kristin Bornholdt Collins is an independent scholar with degrees from St Andrews and Cambridge (MPhil & PhD, Archaeology). Her doctoral research, which was supervised by Catherine Hills and the late Mark Blackburn, focused on the Viking-Age coin finds from the Isle of Man and the economy of the Irish Sea region. Her primary interests include the Hiberno-Manx coinage (from c. 1025) and the intersection and overlap of bullion, coin, and other economies in the later Viking Age. She also works as an English language consultant to Scandinavian archaeologists and numismatists writing in English.

This volume is a work of reference, in the best possible sense of that phrase. The catalogue, hoards list and summary of Arbory mean that it will be essential for anyone studying Viking Age coinage and silver, the Irish Sea region or the Isle of Man for decades to come. The analytical sections means that it also has an important role in advancing current scholarly debates around the nature of Early Medieval power and exchange. It is required reading for anyone working with Viking Age coinage and deserves to find a wide readership amongst those with any form of interest in the Viking Age.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesIntroductionGeneral backgroundFormation of the collectionScholarshipMoney and bullion in Viking-Age ManProductive sites: Arbory 1 and 2Secondary use of coin in ManIrish Sea mints: Dublin, Man and othersConclusion: the dual economy of the Isle of ManCollectors, Donors, and DealersHoards and Other FindsHoards containing coinsCoinless depositsSingle coinsBibliographyPlatesAnglo-Saxon seriesAnglo-Norman seriesHiberno-Scandinavian seriesHiberno-Manx seriesIrish Sea-area imitations and other coinsNon-Numismatic single-finds (and possible currency-related finds)Non-Numismatic material from the 2021 northern mixed hoardIndex of MintsIndex of Moneyers