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Detectorist Finds Largest Hoard of Extremely Rare, Ancient Gold Coins From Anglo-Saxon Era
The huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins recovered from a field in England was declared a 'treasure' during an inquest in 2021. The collection comprised four gold objects with 141 coins ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
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 ...