Crondall Hoard - Selection of coins

Title

Crondall Hoard - Selection of coins

Subject

Numismatics

Description

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. HCR4915. Gold. c.640. Gold thrymsas. Originally the hoard consisted of 101 coins. Modelled on Merovingian coinage; possibly the earliest English shillings and certainly the most important evidence for early Anglo-Saxon coinage. Discovered in 1828 in Crondall, Hampshire.

Creator

Ashmolean Museum

Date

c.640

Files

The Crondall Hoard (group shot)
Coin from the Crondall Hoard

Citation

Ashmolean Museum, “Crondall Hoard - Selection of coins,” Woruldhord, accessed April 26, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/679.

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