Saxon, 410-1066AD

The Early Anglo-Saxons also used lead, gold, silver, tin and copper-alloys, with various tools being required for the manufacture of tools, weapons, vessels and dress accessories using these metals. Apart from iron and bronze, both the Saxons and Vikings made use of other metals, mainly for jewellery. The most widely used of those used were silver, pewter and gold. Silver was a popular metal for jewellery such as brooches, rings, strap ends, buckles, mounts for drinking horns and, of course, for coinage.