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Description: | Potential find of Treasure: Viking-period silver ingot from Shenstone, Staffordshire Ref.: 2009 T194 The silver ingot is cigar-shaped with rounded ends and the sides and underneath are slightly pitted from casting in an open mould of stone or sand; length, 70.0 mm; weight, 52.9 g. Areas of the top, sides and bottom have been hammered flat in antiquity towards one end and there is a diagonal testing cut across the same end (and possibly at one or two other points, if not the result just of abrasion). The patina appears to have been removed by light polishing in places. The form and testing cut(s) are typical of ingots of the Viking period found in Scandinavia and on the Continent, as well as in the British Isles, dating here mainly from the late 9th/10th century. Parallels can be found, for instance, in the well-known Viking silver hoard from Cuerdale, Lancashire, which was deposited around 905-910. The ingot from Shenstone would therefore qualify as Treasure under two of the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act: it is more than 300 years old and the precious metal content exceeds 10%. B.M. Ager Curator Department of Prehistory & Europe 10 June 2009
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