Record ID: ESS-A7A571
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis of the 'mint-and-moneyer'/'national' series dating to c.580-670, mint: possibly Aoivis (Gif, Île-de-France); moneyer: uncertain ([  ]VDOFRIDVS?]. Refs: cf. de Belfort 1892 no.232; Prou 1892 no. 850 for mint. The coin is of uncertain mint place or moneyer. The coins obverse appear to read AOIVIS VICO FIT[  ] (OI ligated?) paralleled by de Belfort 232 and Prou 850 both reading AOIVIS FIT. The moneyer's name is partially struck off the flan making its reading difficult with the first five lett…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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Record ID: ESS-85F619
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval gold pseudo-imperial solidus, probably struck by the Merovingian Franks in the Lower Rhineland in the name of Anastasius I (AD 491-518), dating to the period c.AD 491-518. Unclear mint. cf. MEC I, no. 343; Belfort 5033-6. Ref: Grierson and Blackburn 1986 (MEC): plate 17 no 343, p.463; Belfort 1894: 14-5. Obverse: D N ΛNΛSTΛ-SIVS P P AVG, Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust three-quarter facing to right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm. Reverse: VICTORI-Λ ΛVCCΓ or VICTORI-Λ ΛVCCC, Victory standing left holding long j…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2020
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Record ID: OXON-48CF79
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold early medieval shilling (or thrymsa) dating to the period AD 640-660. 'Two emperors' type, mint in Kent. Obverse: pearl diademed cuirassed bust right; pseudo-legend around. Reverse: bust of angel or Victory with wings above two facing heads (emperors), circular ornament below representing the globe in the prototype (Metcalf 79-80; N.20; S.767)
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-E1C167
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gold Tremissis/shilling, 12mm in diameter 1.21 grams. Mint and moneyer unknown, Sutherland II.v: Two emperors type dating to c. AD 650-670, pierced for suspension. Coins of this type cannot be firmly attributed to a particular Anglo-Saxon kingdom as, although they have in the past been attributed to the kingdom of Kent, distribution of finds could also support an East Anglian origin
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-EE5CDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale gold thrymsa of 'Two Emperors' type, Anglo Saxon period, c.650-c.670. (ECM 1986.8667) Obverse depicts the bust of a ruler racing right. Two symbols that look like a backwards 't' and below that a 'Z' sit in front of the face on the right side. Two symbols sit behnd the bust on the left hand side, an 'S' and below that two lines. The bust is wearing a pearl diadem and cuirass, indicated by dots. Reverse depicts a stylized victory enfolding the heads of two smaller busts. A parallel is illustrated in Metcalf (1993, Plate 4, fig. 80) The coin we…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-3263B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gold shilling ('thrymsa') of 'cross/cross' type (Sutherland 'Crondall types' 15-16) dating c. AD620-40. Ref: Metcalf 1993: plate 3, 58-62.
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
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Record ID: ESS-CD0653
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gold shilling or thrymsa, c.655-c.680. It is pale gold and was struck by the moneyer Pada ('Pada' type, Pa III). Obverse: Bust right, wearing double 'pearl' diadem and draped, NC VIIVC. Reverse: Small cross with large central boss superimposed on thin cross saltire, each limb terminating in an annulet, all within a small dotted circle, [NOVI ] F FANVSPFAVG. It weighs 1.18g and measures 13mm in diameter. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 34, ref. 31. Pada was an Anglo-Saxon moneyer …
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-CCE906
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gold shilling or thrymsa, c.655-c.675. It is the so-called 'Oath-taking' type which has on the obverse a pearl diademed and draped bust in front of which is a forearm with a large open hand placed on a cross. The reverse has a lyre-shaped object within a double dotted three-quarter circle. There was no legend on the obverse and only traces of one on the reverse. It weighs 1.28g and has a diameter of 12mm. North, J. J. 1980. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1: Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c.600-1272, page 32, ref. 17. Michael Metcalf proposes a date for this typ…
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-BD6BF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Gold mid 7th-century tremisssis, probably struck in France c AD 630. the blundered inscription, in pseudo-lettering, is inspired by the coins of Chalon, which have CA for Chalon either side of a Byzantine cross. The Fitzwilliam Museum examined the coin and discovered that it has a specific gravity of 15.75 (c.72% gold + 28% silver). EMC 2005.0041 [merovingian]
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2005
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: ESS-F90475
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An interesting and important, early 7th century gold Merovingian tremissis of the moneyer Gundobodes of Tidiriciacum,identified as Trizay-sur-Lezay,in the arrondissement of Fontenay (Vendee).The coin is broadly similar to two coins of the same moneyer illustrated by Belfort (A. de Belfort, Description generale des monnaies merovingienne, 5 vols.(Paris, 1892-5)), although there are minor differences in the designs.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4049
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A pierced 7th-century early medieval pale gold sceat, Pada type (Pa III), c. 660-675.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2000
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ESSEX LITTLE OAKLEY', grid reference and parish protected.