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Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the use of coins, either for monetary value or for other purposes, in Anglo-Saxon England. Archaeologists have uncovered large quantities of coins dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, either from hoards or stray finds, making them one of the most plentiful kinds of artefact that survive from this period.
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 hoard consists of 5,252 silver coins, of which 5,251 are whole and one is a portion of a coin that had been cut in half.They date from the first half of the eleventh century, and include many coins from the reigns of two Anglo-Saxon kings, Æthelred the Unready (reigned 978–1013 and 1014–1016) and Cnut the Great (reigned 1016–1035). [2]
Anglo-Saxon Coins II. Southern English Coinage from Offa to Alfred c. 760–880. By R. NAISMITH 2016. 68 THE LYON COLLECTION OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS; By S. LYON. 69 THE ABRAMSON COLLECTION; Coins of Early Anglo-Saxon England and the North Sea Area. By T. ABRAMSON 70. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND; Scottish Coins and Dies 1603–1709. By J. D ...
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.
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
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 ...
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