Tag: Merovingian

  • The earliest Anglo-Saxon gold Shillings

    The earliest Anglo-Saxon gold Shillings

    The Gold Coinage c. 600–70Britain was unusual among the former provinces of the Western Roman Empire in not maintaining a substantial coinage after the end of central imperial rule in the early fifth century. A small trickle of coins issued by the Franks, Visigoths and the Eastern Roman Empire still made their way to Britain […]