Record ID: LIN-BDB0B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'mint and moneyer' or 'National Series' broadly dating c.AD580-670 although this coin may date c.620-640, mint unknown but probably Austrasia/Frisia (roughly encompassing parts of NE France, N Germany and the Low Countries), cf. Belfort nos 3016, 3029-32, MEC1, nos 510-11. Refs: Belfort 1892: 380, 383; Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 125, pl. 24. The coin was struck on a small flan with the inscription only partially visible owing to the die being larger than the flan. Diameter: 11.14 mm; Thickness: 1.37 mm; Weight: 1.22g …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-504982
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval gold tremissis of the Merovingian 'mint and moneyer' or 'national' series dating to c.AD580-670, mint: Coriallum (modern Cherbourg, France), moneyer: Rignicharius (Belfort 1639, Prou 302). Ref: Belfort 1982, vol 1: 467; Prous 1892: 71. Diameter: 12.29 mm; Thickness: 0.95 mm; Weight: 1.39g This is the first Merovingian tremissis of this type recorded on the PAS database. 18.11.2021
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-047A65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval gold tremissis of Dronrijp type (c.620-640), uncertain Frisian (Netherlands) mint (MEC I 517var; Belfort 5434var; Prou 1239var). Ref: Grierson and Blackburn 1986: pl. 25 no 517; Belfort 1984: 129; Prou 1892: 270; Pol 2008. Obverse: Diademed, bust left, VE and NR either side of bust Reverse: LV to either side of patriarchal cross; +NOV+T+CVNVV
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aslockton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3A74DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of the 'National' Coinage (c.AD 580-670), uncertain mint and moneyer, pierced for suspension. Obverse description: Right-facing bare-headed bust with large annulet eye and pointed chin. Neck and drapery Obverse inscription: VN[...]VS Reverse description: Cross with forked base within a beaded circle Reverse inscription: V Dimensions: Diameter: 10.63 mm; Thickness: 1.45 mm; Weight: 1.26g Discussion: There are currently c.75 Merovingian gold tremissis recorded on the PAS database, only 5 are pierced. which are classified…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlaxton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1C3528
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late 6th- or 7th- century Merovingian gold tremissis, struck circa 590-670. Mint of Metz (METTI[S?]), moneyer uncertain. This coin is also recorded on the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as 2015.0131. The coin depicts a diademed bust right with the inscription METTI[S?]CI[V?]E[T?]I. The reverse depicts a version of a chi-rho with a v-shaped motif in one angle. The inscription is partially legible and reads ANSVO[ ]. Diameter 13mm, weight 1.24g. Cf Belfort 2953-60; Prou 937-943. Possibly a contemporary imitation.
Created on: Friday 5th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0B3EEB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Merovingian tremissis of the Nietap type (from Frisia), dating to circa 630-40. The coin is small, circular, 6mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The rim of the flan is irregularly-shaped, showing irregular panels caused by the initial casting of the flan or by secondary hammering. The obverse bears the motif of a double cross, formed of a single vertical strokes with two crossing bars or, if viewed at 90 degrees, like an H with a single horizontal stroke and two vertical bars. The tips of each bar are expanded to form a sub-triangular terminal. Around this central double-cross motif…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-158C42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early gold Continental tremissis of Merovingian Francia, struck in the late 6th or 7th century, circa 590-670. The obverse is inscribed ANTVBERIX in retrograde. Probably issued near Rodez.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-58A436
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Merovingian tremissis of the Nietap type (from Frisia), dating to circa 630-40. The coin is also recorded on the Early Medieval Coin Corpus, ref: EMC 2012.0128. Another Nietap type tremissis from Lincolnshire is recorded on the EMC, ref: 2012.0120, and another from the same site as the present coin is recorded as PAS ref. LIN-0B3EEB. The coin is small, circular, 8mm in diameter and 2.7mm thick. The rim of the flan is irregularly-shaped, showing bumps caused by the initial casting of the flan or by secondary hammering. The obverse bears the motif of a double cross, formed of …
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-95FD73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Merovingian gold tremissis; no parallel in Belfort or Prou. The mint is uncertain; the coin appears to read OTAREGCA but this does not match any known mint. The moneyer however is Deairenasea, who is also known from the mint Plailly, (Oise) France (see, for example, EMC 2007.0069). Late 6th or 7th century, c. 590-670 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DDE216
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Merovingian tremissis, stylistically in the remit of the typical gold tremisses of the 'National' Series which date to the late sixth or seventh century, c.580-670.
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2009
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.