A "very unusual" gold pendant made by an early Anglo-Saxon in imitation of a Roman coin has been discovered by a detectorist. The replica is a copy of a solidus coin showing the emperor Honorius ...

"We see Roman gold coins being repurposed as pendants ... Despite being pagans at the time, the Anglo-Saxons showed a keen interest in Roman imagery, including Christian symbols such as the ...

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 ...

History is written by the winners – but in the ground beneath our feet, lie secrets someone has tried to bury. We travel back ...

Gold jewellery, silver ingots and hundreds of coins were buried ... the duo put the multi-million-pound Anglo-Saxon treasure ...

Experts from Littlehampton Museum believe the small gold plate may have been decoration on a sword. The Anglo-Saxons "made the whole thing from scratch" rather than reuse an old coin, says an expert.