Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view coin (forgery gold -wash copper Merovingian triens). Digital image ...

Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view coin (forgery gold -wash copper Merovingian triens). Digital image only

Date 1953 to 1962

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number SC 774067

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Gold-washed imitation of Merovingian coin, Yeavering, Northumberland This is a cast of both sides of a coin which is a Continental imitation of a Merovingian 'triens' and of the 'moneyer' Bertoaldus of Huy (Belgium). The coin, which is an ancient forgery, is made of gold-washed copper and dates to AD630-40. This was discovered in one of Yeavering's great halls. The halls were used only when the king visited the palace complex to collect the food rents owed by his tenants on the surrounding estate. As well as providing accommodation for the king, they also functioned as places for feasting and as courts of law. Yeavering was the site of an Anglo-Saxon royal palace associated with the kings of Northumbria. Excavations undertaken by Brian Hope-Taylor between 1953 and 1962 revealed the ground plans of an extraordinary array of timber buildings, which had lain undisturbed since the site was abandoned. The palace entered the historical record in the 7th century when it was mentioned by Bede, who referred to it as 'Ad Gefrin'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference HT/40/13

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/774067

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