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'Unusual' Anglo-Saxon replica of Roman coin found
A "very unusual" gold pendant made by an early Anglo-Saxon in imitation of a Roman coin has been discovered by a detectorist. The replica is a copy of a solidus coin showing the emperor Honorius ...
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This Mysterious Gold Pendant Featuring a Misspelled Inscription Is an Early Medieval Imitation of a Roman Coin
“We see Roman gold coins being repurposed as pendants ... who probably weren’t trying to create an exact replica. Typos aside, the pendant is also unusual for another reason: Its creators ...
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Detectorist finds hoard of Roman silver coins
Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...