The pendant, described as "very unusual," was crafted by an early Anglo-Saxon artisan in imitation of a Roman solidus coin from the reign ... be at least 300 years old to be declared treasure.
This beautiful copper alloy scales set was found in an Anglo Saxon grave of a young man who died around AD 520 - 70, and was buried in Watchfield, Oxfordshire. The weights are made from old coins ...
As prosecuting counsel Matthew Donkin outlined to newly sworn-in members of a jury in Court One at the Old Elvet court complex, they were to hear a story of human greed, both in the Anglo-Saxon era ...