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Description: | Hacksilver in form of half a ring, made from faceted wire, one end tapering and twisted where the ring where the two ends were joined. The other end has been severed with a single chisel blow. The surface bear multiple peckmarks/notches where the quality of the metal has been tested with a knife. With a mass of 6.40g this fragment represents, within 2%, a quarter of the 'standard' Viking bullion module of 26.15g. Ring diameter 28.3mm, Wire diameter 4.0mm, Mass 6.40g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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