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During the later Anglo-Saxon period a very small number of gold coins were produced. Nine are known, including a gold penny of Ecgberht, King of Wessex, found by a metal detectorist in March 2020. [16] King Offa of Mercia minted a gold coin based on the Islamic gold dinar, probably as part of a yearly donation to the Papacy.
A 2022 study focusing specifically on the question of the Anglo-Saxon settlement sampled 460 individuals from England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, dated between approximately 200 and 1300 CE, and compared these with other modern and ancient sample sets.
The hoard includes Arabic, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Viking and Viking coins. [5] They date to around AD 900 and include coins of Alfred the Great and the Danish-ruled Kingdom of Northumbria. Some of the other items appear to have been intended for personal ornamentation, perhaps to indicate the owner's rank. [6]
The auction at Noonans Mayfair will take place on February 21 and the proceeds will be shared between two metal detectorists and the landowner. Hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon pennies could fetch £ ...
The West Norfolk Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins in England, comprising 132 gold coins [1] and four gold objects dating to around 610 AD, all found over a period of 29 years in West Norfolk.
Coins of Anglo-Saxon England from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066. Pages in category "Anglo-Saxon money" The following 6 pages are in this ...
The Kingdom of the South Saxons, today referred to as the Kingdom of Sussex (/ ˈ s ʌ s ɪ k s /; from Middle English: Suth-sæxe, in turn from Old English: Suth-Seaxe or Sūþseaxna rīce, meaning "(land or people of/Kingdom of) the South Saxons"), was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England. [6]
A treasure inquest has been opened into the 1,400-year-old hoard of 131 gold coins, discovered between 2014 and 2020. Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins in England unearthed in Norfolk Skip ...