Viking show on History... Coin question

Tdec1000

What do the coins look like during the time of the Vikings?

DeliaBug

That would be the Mediaeval period and could cover everything from Anglo-Saxon coinage in Britain to the Byzantine coinage after the Roman Imperial period.

coachbedford

There are Danish, Viking-struck coins but they are pretty rare and hard to find. More available and affordable (though a circulated example would still cost you around $150-200) would be silver pennies of England under Aethelred II (978-1016) and Cnut (1016-35)-- Cnut was actually a Viking king of Europe.

A VERY affordable "Viking coin" would be an Islamic silver dirhem (750-1050 A.D) as these often wound up in Viking treasure hoards because they traded with Islamic nations quite a bit and LOVED their silver coins. These dirhems cost around $30 to $40 for pretty nice examples.