The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 119
e cannot besurprised at its late appearance. Civilisation in the north wasnot so far developed that the conditions without which anindigenous coinage is impossible could be fostered. That itbegins to appear at the earliest possible moment is clearly shownby the fact that in Sweden, when Olof… … Fig. 90.—Ornamental head. Norway. far as we know, no coins were made in the land. We cannot withany certainty, or even probability, attribute any of our knownanepigraphic coins to this period. This circumstance is, perhaps,only to be explained by our present want of information, but Ithink the…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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