 Two plain gold-foil crosses of Latin form, found in the burial of a 7th-century East Saxon king, are the first known examples from England, announced in 2004.The king’s other grave goods included glass vessels made in England and two different Merovingian gold coins, each of which had a cross on the reverse.Coins of the period were adapted with Christian iconography in part to facilitate their use as an alternative to amulets of traditional religions.