More about CNS
Coins from the Viking-Age found in Sweden is a project under The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. The acronym of the project is CNS based on the title of the publication.
CNS – CORPUS NUMMORUM SAECULORUM IX-XI QUI IN SUECIA REPERTI SUNT
Catalogue of Coins from the Viking Age found in Sweden
The work is carried out at Numismatiska Forskningsgruppen (Stockholm Numismatic Institute). All Viking-Age finds from Sweden will be published in the CNS series. So far c. 259,000 coins have been found. Nine printed volumes were published 1975-2010.
Numbering
Every province has a number in the series. Within each subvolume every find has a number. Every coin in a find has its own number. These numbers should be used when citing a find or a coin. For example 1.22.3.10 refers to province 1 (Gotland), subvolume 22 (Roma parish), find 3 (Lilla Väller) and coin no. 10. This references applies both to the text and the illustration.
| Province | Parish | No. of coins | Year | |
| 1.1 | Gotland | Akebäck-Atlingbo | 7,082 | 1975 |
| 1.2 | Bäl-Buttle | 11,437 | 1977 | |
| 1.3 | Dalhem-Etelhem | 11,662 | 1982 | |
| 1.4 | Fardhem-Fröjel | 7,951 | 1982 | |
| 3.1 | Skåne | Åhus-Grönby | 4,142 | 1985 |
| 3.4 | Maglarp-Ystad | 4,862 | 1987 | |
| 4.1 | Blekinge | Bräkne-Hoby - Sölvesborg | 6,299 | 2010 |
| 8.1 | Östergötland | Älvestad-Viby | 2,460 | 1983 |
| 16.1 | Dalarna | Falun-Rättvik | 1,821 | 1979 |
| Total | 57,716 |
Since the first CNS volume was published in 1975 an additional c. 46,200 coins have been found in Sweden. In order to be able to accommodate future finds and for the volumes not to be too large, the future volumes will each cover c. 2,000-4,000 coins (based on finds known today). However, for various reasons the actual number will in some cases be much higher.
For the numbering of future volumes covering Gotland see: Numrering av CNS Gotland
Printed volumes of CNS
Corpus nummorum saeculorum IX–XI qui in Suecia reperti sunt
- 1.1 Gotland Akebäck–Atlingbo 1975
- 1.2 Gotland Bäl–Buttle 1977
- 1.3 Gotland Dalhem–Etelhem 1982
- 1.4 Gotland Fardhem–Fröjel 1982
- 3.1 Skåne Åhus–Grönby 1985
- 3.4 Skåne Maglarp–Ystad 1987
- 4.1 Blekinge Bräkne-Hoby–Sölvesborg
- 8.1 Östergötland Älvestad–Viby 1983
- 16.1 Dalarna Falun–Rättvik 1979
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CNS pdf-files
PDF-files with listings of finds will be found on our Swedish website. A common PDF-file with introduction, explanations, literature etc. is available in English.
"S" after a digit means that it is a supplement to an already printed volume. The supplementary volumes will contain revisions, additions and new finds. All specimens will be illustrated. As it is not possible to include too much information in each PDF, each volume can consist of a number of PDFs.
- Blekinge 1. Bräkne-Hoby–Sölvesborg. The PDF which is available here only covers the plates and not the attributions.
- Blekinge 4.1S.5. Hjortsberga, Johannishus (Supplement)
- Blekinge 4.1S.10. Mörrum, Norragården (Supplement)
- Gotland 1S–9. Alva, Gandarve (Supplement)
- Gotland 1S-11. Alva, Rangsarve (Supplement)
- Gotland 1S-13E. Alva, Östris (Supplement)
- Gotland 1S-14 Alva, Lilla Kruse (Supplement)
- Gotland 3S-28 Eskelhem, Prästgården (Supplement)
- Gotland 4S-1 Fardhem, Gerete (Supplement)
- Gotland 46S. Fårö Par. Hammars (Supplement)
- Gotland 42. Roma
- Gotland 58. Vamlingbo
- Skåne 2. Hammarlunda-Hörja
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CNS PDF-files for printing
Links to PDF-files with listings of finds on our Swedish website.
Last updated: March 27, 2024
Source: Stockholm Numismatic Institute