Record ID: HAMP-6D69F2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
The ingot is short cigar-shaped with a smooth upper surface and a pitted lower one which appears to have been slightly flattened; length, 35mm. A large number of silver ingots of the Viking period have been found mainly in hoards in England, Ireland and the Netherlands, as well as in Scandinavia. Silver ingots from the region of the Danelaw were probably used as bullion in payments or trade transactions. But in southern England, where there was an established Anglo-Saxon coinage, it seems more likely that they were used for casting into items of jewellery, etc. The form and abraded su…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Headbourne Worthy', grid reference and parish protected.