Rare treasures from the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins discovered in recent years, found by a metal detectorist, have been put on display at the British Museum. The archaeological hoard ...

Many dozen Anglo-Saxon silver pennies have been unearthed but the Coenwulf mancus is only the eighth British gold coin - the museum now owns seven of them - cast between 670 and 1257 to be found.

A museum is to become the new home to what is believed to be the largest collection of 7th Century gold coins found in Britain. Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery in Norfolk has acquired the hoard ...

After 40 years of fruitlessly wandering the fields - a metal detector from Southampton hit it big by stumbling on one of the largest hordes of Anglo ... coins were today on display at the British ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Part of a hoard of gold coins ... said if the museum did buy the artefacts "we would obviously be wanting to display the hoard and it would feature within our permanent Anglo-Saxon gallery".

Some of the 5,251 silver coins after they had been cleaned by the British Museum A metal detectorist is to get a share of £1.35m after finding a hoard of 5,251 Anglo Saxon silver coins.

The recovery of 44 Anglo-Saxon coins that were hawked ... curator of Early Medieval Coins and Viking Collections at the British Museum. "The coins show beyond any possible doubt that there was ...

Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

An unusual piece of Anglo ... coin is much more interesting," Marsden said. The Romans ruled much of the British Isles from A.D. 43 to 410. When the empire left Britain, the Germanic Anglo-Saxons ...

Two metal detectorists have been found guilty of hatching an illegal plot to sell Anglo-Saxon coins ... Dr Gareth Williams, a coin expert from the British Museum, said: “New finds have the ...

Anglo Saxon and Anglo Viking coins dating from the tenth century are displayed at the British Museum in London March 4, 2014. The coins are part of a major new exhibition 'Vikings: Life and Legend ...