Conquest coins on show for Bayeux Tapestry buzz
BBCA selection of 11th Century coins are on display at Lincoln castle to coincide with the Bayeux Tapestry's arrival in the UK.
The eight coins, minted in Lincoln, show the three Kings depicted on the famous embroidery of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings
The display is part of the Bayeux Around Britain national programme organised by the British Museum which is currently displaying the historic embroidery.
Dr Johanne Porter, the curator of the exhibit, said it was a "really exciting opportunity" to see the 960-year-old coins alongside the Castle's copy of Magna Carta.
The silver pennies depict Kings Edward the confessor, Harold II, and William the Conqueror.
They each weigh approximately 1.35g (0.04oz), and were of such high value that they were used to pay taxes, fines or make other large payments.
Dr Porter said the coins were of historical interest because coinage was the "mass media of their day".
She likened them to "your TikTok, your Insta, so the imagery on them is really, really important".
Coins were one of the ways rulers could portray how they were seen by their subjects, she said.
Dr Porter said it was a "wonderful opportunity" to link the exhibit with the excitement around the Bayeux Tapestry.
"It's so exciting that it's back in the UK for the first time in almost a millennia," she said of the iconic embroidery.
The Bayeux Around Britain is a national programme of events and exhibitions to coincide with the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum.
The British Museum said more than 70 museums and heritage sites are taking part meaning "over two-thirds of the UK will be within an hour's drive of a Bayeux Tapestry event".
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