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Detectorist Finds Largest Hoard of Extremely Rare, Ancient Gold Coins From Anglo-Saxon Era
The huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins recovered from a field in England was declared a 'treasure' during an inquest in 2021. The collection comprised four gold objects with 141 coins ...
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Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typos
An unusual piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry — a plagiarized pendant ... pendant imitates a Roman coin called a solidus, a type of gold coin introduced by the emperor Constantine in the fourth ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund ... whose later imperial currency had been based on the solidus, a solid gold coin. Imperial gold had fallen to the Germanic tribes as plunder ...
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Warrant issued for Viking hoard thief
Experts believed the coins were Anglo-Saxon and to have been hidden by a ... The hoard also included a 9th-century gold ring, a crystal rock pendant, a dragon's head bracelet and an ingot.