Omeljan Pritsak is Mykhailo Hryshevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
As the title indicates, this book explores two distinct but related
topics: the various monetary-weight systems that developed in
European Russia during the Viking Age and the Rus' coinage of the
Kievan era...These two essays constitute an important contribution
to our knowledge of Rus' metrology and numismatics. While
particular interpretations can be disputed, Pritsak's essays are
marked by extraordinary erudition, a number of inspired insights, a
western Eurasian view that transcends the narrow confines of the
Rus' lands, and the collection in one place of invaluable
metrological data on diverse monetary-weight systems. Although we
may not always agree with Pritsak, we are indebted to him for these
essays which, hopefully, may stimulate further research on the
monetary systems of European Russia in the Viking Age.
*Russian Review*
Facts, figures and fonts abound, but do not be put off. For
dedicated historians and numismatists it is well worth the
effort.
*Slavic and East European Review [UK]*
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