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Description: | "The silver ingot is of short, flattened cigar shape, the top surface scuffed and the underneath with slightly bevelled edges; length, 44 mm.
The ingot is of typical Viking form, dating to around the late 9th to 11th century AD, as in the well-known silver hoard from Cuerdale, Lancashire, deposited around 905. Such ingots could have been used as bullion in payments or trade transactions, as well as a source of metal for jewellery making, and a number have been reported as potential Treasure finds over recent years, e.g. from Horton Kirby, Kent, and Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire Treasure Annual Report 2004, p. 75 nos. 100-101)." from Barry Ager's report for the Coroner | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyrrell, Ros - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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