Cultural object · Europeana
IMAGE- Medium
- COIN
- Year
- 582
- Place
- United Kingdom; Kent; Swale
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Provider
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- Collection
- 2048087_Ag_EU_AthenaPlus_CollectionsTrust
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
archaeology - BYZANTINE
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