guy Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) This is an exciting coin hoard found in Norfolk, dating to 610 AD. This was the time of the Kingdom of East Anglia (sixth century to 918) Quote “Four gold objects were discovered with 131 coins in a field in west Norfolk, most by the same anonymous metal detectorist.” Buried shortly after the year AD 600, the West Norfolk hoard contains a total of 131 gold coins, most of which are Frankish tremisses, as there coins were not yet produced in East Anglia at this date. The hoard contains nine gold solidi, a larger coin from the Byzantine empire worth three tremisses. The hoard also contains four other gold objects, including a gold bracteate (a type of stamped pendant), a small gold bar, and two other pieces of gold which were probably parts of larger items of jewellery. Quote “The first coin was discovered in 1991, but it was not until 2014 that further coins, dating to about AD610, were found.” ” Numismatist Adrian Marsden, from the Norfolk Historic Environment Service, said: "All the coins were minted on the continent, as we didn't have gold coins of our own then." Summary: The significance of this discovery is that it attests to the extensive trade and contact that post-Roman Britain maintained with Continental Europe. None of the coins were minted in Britain. Most coins are from the Frankish Merovingian dynasty (476-750 AD), but at least one of the coins is from the Byzantine Empire. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-59151380.amp https://www.medievalists.net/2021/11/1400-year-old-gold-coin-england/ Edited November 22, 2021 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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