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INGOT
Unique ID: LON-EF5AB5
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
A possible Early Medieval (Viking) to Modern gold ingot/hack gold, dated to the mid 9th to mid 20th Centuries, AD 850-2000. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in shape with one end rounded and the other broken and flat.
Dimensions: length: 13.14mm; width: 9.67mm; thickness: 5.83mm; weight: 4.16g.
Gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context but 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. As this ingot does not have any dateable fetures and was not associated with any other finds it has not be submitted for treasure.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Monxton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3145
Four figure Latitude: 51.20337617
Four figure longitude: -1.55766402
1:25K map: SU3145
1:10K map: SU34NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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