Runic coins, circa 1047-1076.

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Runic coins, circa 1047-1076.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489960820

Includes 6 Danish runic coins from the reign of King Svend Estridsön (Sveinn U̇lfsson), probably coined in Lund; 16 Norwegian coins of the find at Græslid in Thydalen, Norway, probably from the reign of Harald III Harðráði. Also includes an explanatory folder with the dealer's receipts and the original envelopes.

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Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7601220

Cornell University Library

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Harald III Harðráði, King of Norway, 1015-1066.

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Fiske Icelandic Collection

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Sweyn II Estridsen, King of Denmark, approximately 1020-1074

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Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904

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The coins were purchased by Willard Fiske from H. H. I. Lynge of Copenhagen in 1899. From the description of Runic coins, circa 1047-1076. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 489960820 Linguist, bibliophile, chess expert. First university librarian at Cornell University. Assembled impressive collections of Dante, Petrarch, Icelandia, etc. From the description of Willard Fiske letters [manuscript], 1875 and 1879. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...