Record ID: LON-EF5AB5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: 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 …
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2021
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Record ID: LON-B2755A
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze age copper-alloy bun ingot dating from 1150-800 BC. Possibly associated with a late Bronze Age 'founders hoard'. The remaining ingot represents about a quarter of the total ingot. The ingot is an amorphous piece of set molten copper-alloy with irregular thickness. The ingot retains its bronze colour due to its depositional environment. Dimensions: length: 45.15mm; width: 40.03mm; thickness: 20.8mm; weight: 135.85g Similar bun ingots on the database are SF-C98115 and ESS-939345. Pearce (1983) illustrates four incomplete plano-convex ingots from Moun…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
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