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Description: | ?LS ?Silver ingot, bar with rounded triangular section (max.10mm thick), damage to one side just below irregular bulge (max.12mm thick) along upper edge at rounded end, the other rounded end is angled outwards from base and slightly damaged, the surface is covered with irregular marks in slight relief resulting from ?casting or corrosion, length 79, width 14mm, weight 56.83g, 2.00oz. The weight of this ingot is very close to that of a gold ingot (58.26g, 2.05oz) of ?similar date recently discovered at West Dereham, Norfolk (SMR 37525).
Silver ingots have also been found in recent years at Hindringham, Norfolk (SMR 25071) (Med. Arch. 37 (1993) 222-4) and Ae ingots at Congham, Costessey and Saham Toney in Norfolk (Geake Med. Archaeol. 2001, 242-3) and at Blythburgh in Suffolk. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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