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1. Gold plated, 0.74 grams, 10.73 mm. Circa 600-675 AD, an English imitation of a continental Tremisses. Obverse: crude bust with vestigial legend.
Reverse: cross with illiterate legend. S. -; N. -: see EMC 1998.0087 (this coin), found England, extremely rare. This coin appears to be an English made copy of a continental tremissis with heavy gold plating over an uncertain base core. Local copies of sceattas are well known but such are extremely unusual in the gold series. Found Huddersfield, UK.

2. The Anglo-Saxon shilling is pierced and may have been used as a pendant by high status members of the community in East Anglia. The discovery of a gold and silver coin in a Suffolk field suggests the "trappings of an organised society" dating back nearly 1,400 years. The Anglo-Saxon shilling, dating from 660 to 680, was found in the Mildenhall area in February. The pierced coin, which may have been used as a pendant, was declared treasure at a Bury St Edmunds inquest. It appeared to be copying Roman and Byzantine coins.
"High status rich Anglo Saxons did tend to convert certain coinage into jewellery. This example has been modified, possibly to be a necklace and would have been worn and displayed as a status symbol by the owner."