Although gold coins from continental Europe were traded into Anglo-Saxon England at Kent, they were initially used for decorative purposes, only beginning to be used as money in the early part of the 7th century.

Oct 27, 2020 · Ancient coin expert Micheal T. Shutterly discusses the Crondall Hoard, exactly 100 Anglo-Saxon gold coins discovered in England in 1828.

Nov 4, 2021 · Recently, the Evening Standard reported that a massive Anglo-Saxon gold coin hoard, 131 in total, and 4 other gold objects, was found in west Norfolk, England dating from around 1,400 years ago. One of the gold coins found by the anonymous detectorist.

Nov 4, 2021 · The largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold coins EVER to be found in England has been declared treasure. Metal detectorists found four gold objects and 131 coins in a field in west Norfolk.

Feb 24, 2015 · Over the following decades, the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity and Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and later a saint. The earliest Anglo-Saxon coins were...

A find of 131 gold coins along with four other gold objects dating to 1,400 years ago stands to be the largest find to date of gold coins from the Anglo-Saxon period in England.

Tony explains how best to keep in touch with the latest findings of early Anglo-Saxon gold and silver coins and Northumbrian stycas. Tony has studied this early coinage for many years and has organised a series of symposia held at both the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds .

Oct 2, 2022 · In 1828 a hoard of gold coins was found in the small town of Crondall, in Hampshire, England. This hoard of nearly 100 coins, plus some blanks and a plated forgery, contained the largest amount of early English gold coins ever found in one place. Even though it has been over 200 years, it remains...

The first Anglo-Saxon coins produced in Britain were struck under Eadbald of Kent around AD 625. These were small, gold coins, called scillingas (shillings) in surviving Anglo-Saxon law codes, although they have since been referred to as thrymsas by numismatists.

An extremely rare early Anglo-Saxon gold Thrymsa of the kingdom of Kent from a class known as the post-Crondall type after the famous hoard. This coin was likely struck during the reign of King Eorcenberht who ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent between the years 655 and 675 AD.