An unusual piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry — a plagiarized pendant ... pendant imitates a Roman coin called a solidus, a type of gold coin introduced by the emperor Constantine in the fourth ...

A gold pendant, dating to the late ... described as "very unusual," was crafted by an early Anglo-Saxon artisan in imitation of a Roman solidus coin from the reign of Emperor Honorius, who ruled ...

In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund ... whose later imperial currency had been based on the solidus, a solid gold coin. Imperial gold had fallen to the Germanic tribes as plunder ...

Gold jewellery, silver ingots and hundreds of coins were buried by an unknown person ... the duo put the multi-million-pound Anglo-Saxon treasure into a carrier bag and returned to Wales, where they ...

Archaeologists have uncovered numerous gold and silver coins and bronze ... as well as a number of coins, of both Anglo-Saxon and continental currency, support the idea that Rendlesham was also ...

BBC Cymru Wales launches new eight-part podcast 10 years on from the Viking treasure hoard discovered in Herefordshire ...