Silver Penny of King Offa of Mercia, Mercia, silver, 1.179 g, British Museum
Gold Mancus of King Offa of Mercia, Mercia, gold, 3.738 g, British Museum
Gold imitative dinar of King Offa of Mercia
Gold imitative dinar of King Offa of Mercia, Mercia, gold, 4.276 g, British Museum
Silver Penny of Edward the Confessor, King of England. Moneyer: Aelfwine
Silver Penny of Edward the Confessor, King of England, Moneyer: Aelfwine, Chichester, silver, 1.28 g, British Museum
Gold Coin of Charlemagne, Carolingian Empire
Gold Coin of Charlemagne, Carolingian Empire, France, 768-814, gold, British Museum
Jean Baptiste Morret, Emperor Charlemagne receives the ambassadors of Emperor Nicephorus of Byzantium
Jean Baptiste Morret, Emperor Charlemagne receives the ambassadors of Emperor Nicephorus of Byzantium, France, 1789, colored aquatint on etched lines, 24.6 x 16.5 mm, British Museum
Gold Spanish-Visigothic tremissis (1/3 of a solidus) of the Visigothic King Recesvinth
Gold Spanish-Visigothic tremissis (1/3 of a solidus) of the Visigothic King Recesvinth, mint of Seville, Spain, 649-672, gold, 1.43 g, British Museum
Gold coin. (whole) Cross on four steps. (reverse) Facing bust of Recesvinth with head right, draped. (obverse) Obverse inscription: + RECCES|V|INΘVSP+ Reverse inscription: + ISPΛLIPIVS
Gold Gallo-Visigothic solidus in imitation of a solidus of Byzantine Emperor Anastaios
Gold Gallo-Visigothic solidus in imitation of a solidus of Byzantine Emperor Anastaios, France, 491-518, gold, 3.99 g, British Museum
Gold coin. (whole) Victory standing left, holding long cross. (reverse) Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Anastasius, facing and holding spear and shield. (obverse) Obverse inscription: DN ΛNΛSTΛSIVS PF ΛVC Reverse inscription: VICTORIΛ ΛVGGG Λ Lafaurie 1997 considers Anastasius coins with mintmarks in the reverse as Frankish in character, and mostly minted in Northern and Atlantic France. Nevertheless, the style of the Anastasius tremisses with mintmarks seems consistently Visigothic, and the solidi go alongside the tremisses. The initial Ň is read by Lafaurie as "Nantes" or "Noyon" (Oise), but Nontronum (Nontron, Dordogne) seems a more probable site for a Visigothic mint.
Gold Gallo-Visigothic solidus, minted probably in Toulouse in imitation of late Roman solidi
Gold Gallo-Visigothic solidus, minted probably in Toulouse in imitation of late Roman solidi, gold, 4.45 g, British Museum
Gold coin. (whole) Emperor staging right, holding long cross and Victory on globe and trampling Barbarian. (reverse) Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Avitus, right. (obverse) Obverse: DN AVITVS PER P F AVG Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGG Mintmark: AR//COMOB
Frankish gold coin pendant with corrugate suspension loop; solidi of King Chlothar II (613-628 AD)
Frankish gold coin pendant with corrugate suspension loop; solidi of King Chlothar II (613-628 AD), early 7th c, gold, 2 cm diameter, British Museum
Part of a necklace The brooch and necklace were found in 1860 in a female burial. There are discrepancies as to the exact contents of the graves in the earliest published sources, but they included an iron weaving batten, a copper-alloy pin, a purse mount, an iron knife, and a copper-alloy Byzantine bowl, a luxury item imported from the eastern Mediterranean. The closest parallels to the piece, all from Kent, are one presumed to be from Priory Hill, Dover, and a piece from Gilton (Avent 1975, nos 174, 175). A third brooch from Aylesford has lost all its inlays (ibid., no. 173), but all three share the same cruciform arrangement of the bosses, and inset filigree panels between two cloisonné bands. The form of the pin and catchplate on the Sarre brooch also links it to the Kingston brooch (Cat. No. 32a; National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Liverpool Museum, inv. no. M 6226), but with its copper-alloy cloisons and coarse filigree it is by no means as technically accomplished. On the basis of the numismatic evidence, the coins on the necklace were probably assembled about 615, so the objects cannot have been buried before that date. It is most likely that they were deposited during the second or third decade of the seventh century.