I would suggest the interesting movie, DIG, on Netflix. Very well done and true. Relating to Ancients.
The purse contained thirty-seven gold shillings or tremisses, each originating from a different Frankish mint. They were deliberately collected. There were also three blank coins and two small ingots.[87] This has prompted various explanations: possibly like the Roman obolus they may have been left to pay the forty ghostly oarsmen in the afterworld or were a funeral tribute, or an expression of allegiance.[88] They provide the primary evidence for the date of the burial, which was debatably in the third decade of the 7th century.[89]-WIKIPEDIA Someone might find the coin pictures and attributions,please! The film is excellent and I only knew of Basil Brown and the landowner as the discoverers when I read about the Sutton Hoo burials in the late 60's-early 70's
Most reviews I read said the portrayal of Basil Brown in the movie is a "Buffon" which is the opposite of her in real life. Part of the reason I haven't given it a chance.
From what I have read of him he was a sparsely spoken quite thoughtful man with a strong Suffolk twang. He left school at 12 and taught himself several languages, astronomy and archaeology. He was intensely loyal and trustworthy and a great teacher. All the characteristics of Basil Brown in the film.
https://artsandculture.google.com/a...hip-burial-at-sutton-hoo/CAFPKBLU9gAEIw?hl=en Not too useful.The BM could have tried harder.
Screenshot of the moment when the first Merovingian tremissis is found, helping date the Sutton Hoo ship to ca. 600.
