on Oct 25, 2015
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| Measurements | 5 grams, 41 X 31 mm | | Culture / Period | Medieval / Late Viking - AD 1000 - 1300 | A romanticised picture of Vikings as noble savages began to emerge in the 18th century
this developed and became widely propagated during the 19th-century Viking revival
[42] By this time the influx of Islamic silver from the East had been absent for more than a century, and the flow of English silver had come to an end in the mid-11th century
This took much of the economic incentive out of raiding, though sporadic slaving activity continued into the 11th century
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