Record ID: IOW-D7CB55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Gallic contemporary copy of a Solidus of Anastasius (491-518), possibly of the Pseudo-Merovingian coinage, c. 500-580. Copied from a coin of Constantinople. Found with associated Early Medieval finds from a ploughed cemetery site (Treasure case no. 2007 T203). Note: the BM has 7 imitations of solidi of Anastasius, but none are very similar to this piece. References: Hahn, MIB I, type as no. 4; MEC, plate 17, c. f. nos. 336 & 347-8.
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-EF4810
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
The object consists of a Byzantine gold solidus of Maurice Tiberius (582-602), which has been modified into a pendant by the addition of a gold suspension loop. Anglo-Saxon pendants made from re-used imported gold coins are typical of the late sixth and early seventh centuries, especially in Kent. Although the majority of these finds come from graves, stray finds are also recorded, and there is nothing to suggest that this coin comes from a recently disturbed grave, although it is possible that at some point a grave may have accidentally been disturbed in the course of ploughing. The …
Created on: Friday 26th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SELLING', grid reference and parish protected.