Thrymsa

Anglo-Saxon

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

640 - 650

Thrymsas were the first native Anglo-Saxon coins to be minted in Britain. Coin depicting a head on the obverse and a circular pattern on the reverse.

• Medium: gold
• Art Fund Grant: £1125 ( Total: £4,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Donald Sherratt

Provenance

Found by a metal detectorist near Newent.

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