His son, Honorius, ruled as a Christian emperor. Yet the pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a clearly Christian coin. Related: Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden ...

The huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins recovered from a field in England ... while one design was recorded by experts decades ago from an ancient book that has since gotten lost.

Over time Alfred brought the English kingdoms together and his coins call him the ... It doesn’t say Alfred read the book. It says he learned it. In Anglo-Saxon times, children were educated ...