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Description: | Silver (for [e] and [f] material is verified by finder's analysis)Possible ingot fragments. Objects 1(a)-(f) were found in a loose scatter and were brought to the attention of Dr Kevin Leahy before 1996, along with a gold finger ring fragment found a little to the north. The gold finger ring was considered as Viking 'hackgold' and was duly reported under the Treasure Trove system then obtaining. The other objects were, however, deemed undiagnostic and returned to the finder. NLM-1B89B2 was found by another metal detector user, in the same general area but north-east of the other finds, and was purchased by the finder of the rest of the group and submitted with them.In the light of subsequent investigation of the units and sub-units which may have served the Viking Age bullion economy operating in Britain c.870-950 (for present purposes comprising the ore or ora of c.24gs, a putative Scandinavian module of 4.07gs and a Dublin Viking module of 4.43gs), the finder kindly resubmitted the silver objects described below, under the rubric of North Lincolnshire Museum (NLM) Entry 4860. The objects were weighed and the results are summarised in the table below. Bold figures distinguish measurements (arbitrarily) deemed of possible significance for their apparent correlation with these three contemporary systems for the measurement of silver bullion.Descriptionsa) Cast rod of round section, with hammered longitudinal facets and facetted ends, and also faint fine circumferential lines. Length: 28.6mm, Diameter: 6.3mm.b) Cast triangular sheet fragment with one rough bubbled surface and one slightly less rough - though still far from smooth. Two of the edges are cut, the third appears rounded, perhaps showing the edge of a crudely cast sheet. Length: 24.6mm, Thickness: 3.3mm.c) Ingot fragment, with a rough surface on one side, possibly from a textured mould or sand bed, and a smoother congealed surface on the other. The meeting of two sides at right angles may suggest this object to have been broken from the corner of a larger ingot. Length: 28.5mm, Width: 28.1mm, Thickness: 10.8mm.d) Melt Fragment of melt with two convergent cut edges.. Length: 22mm, Width: 19.5mm, Thickness: 6mm.e) Melt, but with opposed flattened long edges. ?Possibly found close to (f)? Length: 17.8mm, Width: 11.4mm, Thickness: 7.8mm.f) Melt, with a smooth ?underside and bubbled top. ?Possibly found close to (e)?. Length: 16.5mm, Width: 13.5mm, Thickness: 3.5mm. Description Wt - gms Dublin: 4.43g Scand': 4.07g Ore/Ora of c.24g Entry 4860a - Rod 5.42 1.22 1.33 ?one quarter Entry 4860b - Sheet 6.89 1.55 1.69 Entry 4860c - Ingot 34.22 7.73 (?8 units) 8.4 (?8 units) Entry 4860d - Melt 6.35 1.48 1.56 ?one quarter Entry 4860e - Melt 7.66 1.73 1.88 Entry 4860f - Melt 3.39 0.74 0.8 NLM-1B89B2 - Wire 5.16 1.17 1.27 Entry 4860: e + f 10.96 2.47 2.69 ?one half
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