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Description: | An Early Medieval gold coin; a tremissis that was minted at Dorestad in the Netherlands by Rimoaldus in c.600 - 675 AD. The coin has a diameter of 12.7mm and is 1.3mm thick. It weighs 1.3g. For references see Grierson and Blackburn's 'Medieval European Coinage' (vol 1) p.137; and A.N. Zadoks-Josephus Jitta (1961) 'De Eerste Muntslag te Duurstede', Jaarboek voor Munt-en Penningkunde 48, 1-14 (Plate 1, no. 3). This coin is probably the first of this type to have been found in England.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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