Viking Age coin finds from the southern Swedish central place at Uppåkra

Abstract

Thanks to new analyses the currently known coin finds from the three early medieval trading centres at Ribe (DK), Hedeby/Haithabu (D) and Kaupang (N) as well as from the central place at Uppåkra (S) can be determined in view of number, origin and date. Coin finds from the 8th and 9th centuries are in the focus of attention; they represent both the »West« (sceattas and Carolingian coinage) and the »East« (Byzantine and Arabic coinage). In recent years site inspections with metal detectors have resulted in a considerable increase of finds.