England's largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins has been found by metal detectorists in Norfolk
The Treasure Act allows museums to acquire such finds for public benefit and a reward is normally paid that's shared between the finder and landowner.Rewards are fixed at full market value on the advice of a panel of experts, known as the Treasure Valuation Committee.Senior curator of archaeology at the museum, Tim Pestell, said the items were internationally significant and reflected the"wealth and continental connections enjoyed by the early Kingdom of East Anglia".
Before the Norfolk hoard, the biggest find of this period was a purse containing 101 Anglo-Saxon coins in Crondall, Hampshire in 1828. In 2009, 5.1kg of gold and 1.4kg of silver from the same period were discovered in Staffordshire by Terry Herbert.There is also the ship burial from Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, discovered in 1939 and portrayed in Netflix film The Dig. That burial contained a purse of 37 gold coins and other gold items.
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