ABSTRACT
The coin finds from the 1891 excavation of St Mary’s church are interpreted, concentrating on the period of c. 330 years when St Mary’s was a part of a Benedictine nunnery (c. 1120s–1455). After a discussion of the functional periods of the monastery, and of the original and extended layouts of the church with its furnishing, the coins are interpreted into the building’s function. Most of the coins relate to the nuns’ choir part of the church, while none of them for sure can be related to the functional nave part. It is discussed whether the coins are left behind by the builders, or laid in graves, or – most probably – are left behind by the nuns themselves during the Divine Office, reflecting the liturgy for specific dates in the ecclesiastical year.
