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A 5th-century Anglo-Saxon artisan created a fake Roman gold coin with Latin typos
A gold pendant, dating to the late fifth or early sixth century, was unearthed in January 2023 near Attleborough in Norfolk, England, according to reports by Live Science and SciencePost.
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'Unusual' Anglo-Saxon replica of Roman coin found
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 ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
Coins, silver objects cut up for scrap metal ... or Viking times—have been found in the soil. In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund has killed a dragon guarding "dazzling spoils ...
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Who was Alfred the Great?
One of the most famous Anglo-Saxon kings was Alfred, one of the only kings in British history to be called 'Great'. His father was king of Wessex, but by the end of Alfred's reign his coins ...