Thrymsa

Early medieval Anglo-Saxon Thrymsa, approx. 12.5 mm in diameter, around 650–675

Thrymsa is the numismatic name for the first Anglo-Saxon coins in England from AD 600 onwards. They are modeled Frankish gold coins, which in turn were crude Roman coins. The name is derived from the tremissis , the late antique denomination that became a kind of standard currency during the migration period.

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• Thrymsa in the Portable Antiquities Scheme .
• Richard Abdy, Gareth Williams: A Catalog of Hoards and Single-Finds from the British Isles c. AD 410-675. In: Barrie Cook, Gareth Williams (Eds.): Coinage and History in the North Sea World, c. AD 500-1250. Essays in Honor of Marion Archibald . Brill, Leiden et al. 2006, ISBN 90-04-14777-2 , pp. 11-73.