Obverse:
Diademed bust right, holding sceptre over
left shoulder.
Reverse:
Cross with pellets at each end, CA in lower
angles, within a beaded border. Text around
VARIMV[NDVS MO]NE.
History:
After the Romans withdrew from Britain in
the early fifth century, no coins were struck
in Britain for nearly 200 years. Native Anglo-Saxon
gold thrymsas were minted from around the
630’s, initially in the style of their
continental prototypes or obsolete Roman coinage
and later being made in pure Anglo-Saxon style.
