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ÁRBÓK FORNLEIFAFÉLAGSINS
Blunt, C.E., Stewart, B.H.I.H., Lyon, C.S.S.: Coinage in Tenth-Century England, London
1989.
Flensborg, Peter: Montarhogen '1917. Danske nwnter 825-1541. Gentofte 1977.
Guðmundur Ólafsson: „Fornleifarannsóknir á Bessastöðum 1987-1989“. Landnám Ingólfs
4, Reykjavík 1991. Bls. 91-108.
Guðmundur Ólafsson: „The Excavations at Bessastaðir 1987.The Colonial OfEcial’s Res-
idence in Iceland." The Norse of the North Atlantic. Acta Archaeologica 61- 1990. Kaup-
mannahöfn 1991. Bls.108-115.
Kristján Eldjárn: „Lítil saga um lítinn pening,“ Myntsýning 1979, Reykjavík 1979, s. 15-
17.
Kristján Eldjárn: „Gaulveijabær-fundet...“, Nordisk Numismatisk Arsskrift 1948, Koben-
havn 1948, s. 39-62.
Kristján Eldjárn: „Et nyt solvfund pá Island." Nordisk numismatisk unions medtemsblad nr. 7,
sept. 1953, bls. 153-155.
Kristján Eldjárn: Kttml og haugfé. Akureyri 1956.
Skaare, Kolbjörn: Norges Mynthistorie, vol. 1-2, Oslo 1995.
Steinunn Kristiánsdóttir: „Þórisárkumlið." Glettingur. Timarit um austfirsk málefni, 5. árg. 2.
tbl. 1995, bls. 25-31.
Sveinbjörn Rafnsson: „Mjóadalsfundurinn". Mittjar og menntir. Afmælisrit helgað Kristjáni
Eldjárn 6. desember 1976. Reykjavík 1976, bls. 489-501.
Sylloge of coitts of The British Isles, vol. 2, London 1961.
Sylloge of coitts of The British Isles, vol. 6, London 1966.
Þór Magnússon: „Bátkumlið í Vatnsdal í Patreksfirði," Arbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags
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Summary
Coin finds from theViking age are rare in Iceland. Prior to the finding of the large hoard
at Gaulveijabær (South Iceland) found in 1930, only seven coin finds were recorded.The
last account of coins found in Iceland was made by Dr. Kristján Eldjárn in The Yearbook
of Nordisk Numismatisk Union for 1948. Despite some quite extensive excavations
during the period 1965-1995 no coins were found. In 1964 a cut Cufic dirhem from
850-950 AD was found in a boatgrave in Vatnsdalur, Patreksfjörður (West Iceland).The
following year Dr. Kristján Eldjárn found a Otto III of Saxony 983-1002 dinar in Þjórs-
árdalur (South Iceland) near a settlement farm. A grave discovered in 1995 in Eyrarteig-
ur, Skriðdalur (East Iceland) yielded a ffagment of a penny frorn Eadvig of England 959-
975. At Bessastaðir (South Iceland) half a Norwegian coin of anonymous issue
1080-1095 was found in 1996 during an archaeological excavation. In addition to the
previously found coins two further were found in 1999; both are imitations of the
Anglo-Saxon penny. One was found at Thingvellir and is of Norwegian orgin and the
other at a site near Seyðisfjörður; it is only a fraction and hard to identify but is most
likely Danish.