Anglo-Saxon coin brooch from Barton Farm, Abbotts Barton, Headbourne Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire. The coin used is a silver penny of King Edward the Confessor, of the heavy sub-group Expanding Cross type, circa 1050, minted at Winchester in the name of the moneyer Brand. The coin has had the reverse gilded and had a hinged pin and catch-plate riveted to the obverse with two rivets each.
Coin brooch
Anglo-Saxon, about 1050AD
Found with a metal detector at Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire in 2000
Also known as a nummular brooch, this object was made from a silver coin of King Edward the Confessor, which was minted in Winchester in the name of the moneyer Brand in about 1050AD. At some later date the coin has had the reverse gilded, and had a hinged pin and catch-plate riveted to the obverse. The expanding cross design on the coin would have made the brooch a decorative item, and perhaps it had a religious significance for the wearer in the 11th century.
Portable Antiquities Scheme find number PAS-795917.
