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: 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-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.