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Description: | TREASURE CASE 2012 T108: Probably Early Medieval (Viking) gold ingot/hack gold, dated to the mid 8th to mid 11th Centuries, AD. C.750-1050. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in section and tongue-shaped in plan. The edges between the flat lengthways faces of the ingot are bevelled. This bevelling is wider along two of the edges, giving the ingot a slightly arched appearance in cross-section. One end of the ingot appears complete and is rounded, with slight undulations to the surface noticeable. The opposite end of the ingot appears incomplete with the break consisting of a smooth slice or hack for approximately half of the face and then the face appears sheared, as if the ingot had been scored and then broken.Discussion: Although gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context they are often attributed to a Viking date. The Vikings had a bullion economy where the purity and weight of the metal were more important than the form. Although this bullion economy primarily utilised silver it did also include gold. This particular ingot was found in close proximity to a silver Thor's hammer pendant (Treasure case 2011 T805) in an area of known mid-late Anglo-Saxon and Viking era activity.Dimensions: Thickness: 5.11mm Width: 4.21mm Length: 12.78mm Weight: 2.9g (0.1oz)As the object is more than 10% precious metal and more than 300 years old, it fulfils the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act.
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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