He needs enough for a bronze ram's head to be cast for a battering ram - that was always done. And unfortunately, as the archaeology makes very clear, the east part of Britain at the time had no access to any trade with copper or tin producing areas. Tin from Cornwall went to Constantinople, but didn't go near Sussex, Kent or East Anglia.
Bronze swords hadn't been used for something like 1,500 years, so weren't much in evidence, and bronze vessels were so high prestige that they seem to have been the property of kings of far higher status than this one.
At the moment I'm going with a suggestion on lj - a hoard of coins like the Frome Hoard. That might be enough.
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Date: 2010-10-13 05:40 am (UTC)Bronze swords hadn't been used for something like 1,500 years, so weren't much in evidence, and bronze vessels were so high prestige that they seem to have been the property of kings of far higher status than this one.
At the moment I'm going with a suggestion on lj - a hoard of coins like the Frome Hoard. That might be enough.
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