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A 1768 Ausbeutetaler of Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony from the Dresden Mint. The inscription reads THE BLESSING OF MINING / X A FINE MARCK. The history of Saxon coinage or Meissen-Saxon coinage comprises three major periods: the high medieval regional pfennig period (bracteate period), the late medieval pfennig period and the thaler period, which ended with the introduction of the ...
Coinage in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the use of coins, either for monetary value or for other purposes, in Anglo-Saxon England.. Archaeologists have uncovered large quantities of coins dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, either from hoards or stray finds, making them one of the most plentiful kinds of artefact that survive from this period.
The West Norfolk Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins in England, comprising 132 gold coins [1] and four gold objects dating to around 610 AD, all found over a period of 29 years in West Norfolk.
Anglo-Saxon Coins Part I. Early Silver and Gold Coins By A. Gannon 2011 64 GROSVENOR MUSEUM, CHESTER; Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Post-Conquest Coins to 1180. By H.E. Pagan 2012 65 NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS; Part I. Anglo-Saxon Coins to 1016. By ELINA SCREEN 2013 66. NORWEGIAN COLLECTIONS; Part II. Anglo-Saxon and Later British Coins, 1016–1279.
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
A treasure inquest has been opened into the 1,400-year-old hoard of 131 gold coins, discovered between 2014 and 2020. Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins in England unearthed in Norfolk Skip ...
The Dreipfenniggröschlein, commonly called the Dreier or Dreyer, was a coin initially minted in the Electorate of Saxony from the 16th century. The Saxon coins referred to as Dreiers [1] were initially minted according to the coinage regulations of Duke George the Bearded from 1534 and were thus initially part of Saxon coinage history.
The Beeston Tor Hoard is an Anglo-Saxon jewellery and coin hoard discovered in 1924 at Beeston Tor in Staffordshire. The hoard consists of forty-nine coins, two silver brooches with Trewhiddle style decoration, three finger rings, and miscellaneous fragments. The coins date the burial of the hoard to approximately 875 AD.