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[[File:DTVA - Coin dies.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of coin dies used to strike coins / c. Viking Age]] | [[File:DTVA - Coin dies.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of coin dies used to strike coins / c. Viking Age]] | ||
A few decades after [[York|Jorvik]] was [[ | A few decades after [[York|Jorvik]] was [[Viking Capture of York|conquered]] by the [[Vikings]], [[Monarchy|kings]] and [[Scholar|archbishops]] started to mint [[coin]]s there. Coins were stamped with coin dies like these, some of them marked with both [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Norse mythology|Pagan]] symbols. This suggests that the two religions were beginning to mix and merge more and more with one another. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:13, 5 April 2022
A few decades after Jorvik was conquered by the Vikings, kings and archbishops started to mint coins there. Coins were stamped with coin dies like these, some of them marked with both Christian and Pagan symbols. This suggests that the two religions were beginning to mix and merge more and more with one another.