One Of A Kind 7th Century Gold Coin Found In Field

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Novicius Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1145 Posts	Posted 06/10/2025 06:58 am An amazing find. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg85nd5r9o Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 164145 Posts	Posted 06/10/2025 08:06 am Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 33143 Posts	Posted 06/10/2025 12:26 pm Yess! I'm very glad that you posted this as I saw the article yesterday, but then forgot to make a thread on CCF. Here is a picture of the coin. Also, I learned a new word "valknut"! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 164145 Posts	Posted 06/10/2025 1:15 pm Quote: Here is a picture of the coin Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7162 Posts	Posted 06/11/2025 07:12 am Quote: I learned a new word "valknut" I dunno ... We've got a lot of valknut trees here in central Ohio Indeed, that's a very cool find. I guess a lot of those early shillings are one-of-a-kind? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 164145 Posts	Posted 06/11/2025 09:26 am Quote: I dunno ... We've got a lot of valknut trees here in central Ohio Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4906 Posts	Posted 06/11/2025 8:23 pm Thanks for posting, what a cool coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 347 Posts	Posted 06/12/2025 03:46 am Splendid coin! Just looked at the link that was posted and I'm not sure I agree with the "good luck swastika" interpretation on the reverse cos of the stops at the ends of what amounts to a central cross - but I like the way that that motif extends into two oval interlocked links, which may represent the Christian message of Heaven and Earth being united, a graphic comment on the three triangles on the obverse. Alternatively, the three interwoven triangles might represent the Trinity. We may never know! What fun! Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5045 Posts	Posted 06/12/2025 04:02 am Quote: I guess a lot of those early shillings are one-of-a-kind? I think so... AFAICT the 7th century gold shillings are also known by the name "thrymsa" (which appears to be an Anglo-Saxon rendering of "tremissis"). There's some debate of whether this was in fact their contemporary name (as opposed to some variant of "shilling"), and TIL that the actual spelling of "thrymsa" was borrowed from an early 11th century source that seems to have been using the word for archaicism. Report this Post to the Staff
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