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Abstract
THE FUNCTIONS of and attitudes towards precious metal in the Late Roman and Early Anglo-Saxon Period (c. A.D. 400–700) are considered. An interpretation of the gold bracteates as active media in social and political transactions is put forward, centred around an analysis of the complexity of different types and issues within the larger finds of Scandinavian hoards and Kentish graves. Comparisons are made both with the early Germanic coinages and other forms of special purpose money and valuables, above all other types of pendants and bracteates.