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1	Från bitsilver till silvermyntning : – en undersökning av den monetära utvecklingen i den vikingatida ekonomin på Gotland. / From silver pieces to minted silver : a survey of monetary developments in the Viking age economy on Gotland Egnell, Philip January 2019 (has links) The purpose with this work is to try and see an economic development on Gotland during the Viking Age, where society went from a weight-based economy, to a monetary economy with its own coins. The aim is to try and distinguish a pattern in the investigated depots. How has the deposit structure changed during the Viking era when it comes to the minted and unminted silver? The research about the silver deposits aim on the dating of the coins in order to create an approximate closing period for the contents of the depots. The development of the silver structural change in the silver depots during the Viking Age makes it possible to study how the dominance of the early Islamic coins, in both coin and fragmented form, is phased out to be replaced by mainly English and German coins. The English and German coins that are found on Gotland could be seen as a model for the coins and the minting that began at the end of the Viking Age on the island. Gotland Silver Coins Silver Deposits Viking Age Weight Economy Monetary Development Gotland Silvermynt Silverdepå Vikingatid Viktekonomi Monetär utveckling Archaeology Arkeologi