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The Crondall Hoard is a hoard of coins that was found in 1828 in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire. It is believed to date to the seventh century and was studied by Dr. Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland (1908-1986), an English numismatist. He characterized this coin as being a close copy of the Witmen prototype, the most common type found in the hoard. Witmen, or his design, featuring a bust on one side and a cross on the other, seems to have been very popular and remained popular for many years. During this time however the portraits grew cruder and cruder, the legends became even more blundered, and the gold content fell lower and lower.
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Document identity
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144366
label
Witmen Tremissis: Bust and Trident (obverse); Cross Fourchée (reverse)
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Source metadata
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144366
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object
title
Witmen Tremissis: Bust and Trident (obverse); Cross Fourchée (reverse)
description
The Crondall Hoard is a hoard of coins that was found in 1828 in the village of Crondall in the English county of Hampshire. It is believed to date to the seventh century and was studied by Dr. Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland (1908-1986), an English numismatist. He characterized this coin as being a close copy of the Witmen prototype, the most common type found in the hoard. Witmen, or his design, featuring a bust on one side and a cross on the other, seems to have been very popular and remained popular for many years. During this time however the portraits grew cruder and cruder, the legends became even more blundered, and the gold content fell lower and lower.
date
early 600s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921466
genreSpecific
Coins
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
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England, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century
accession
1969.159
Source extras
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gold
tombstone
Witmen Tremissis: Bust and Trident (obverse); Cross Fourchée (reverse), early 600s. England, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century. Gold; diameter: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.159
collection
MED - Numismatics
inscriptions
inscription
WITMEN MONITA
inscription_translation
Witmen the Moneyer
inscription_remark
Intention was blundered when it was copied
didYouKnow
The tremissis was a small solid gold coin of late antiquity and was a third of a solidus.
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. <em>English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection</em>. [Catalog. 1968.
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p. 18
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 07:24:48.742000
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144366
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Medieval Art
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MED - Numismatics
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gold
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