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Viking Age
(c.800 A.D. – c.1100 A.D.), an interesting group of Hacksilver, 8 pieces
in total, weights and maximum diameter given below. $2250
SOLD
Hacksilver is the term given to the groups of silver ingots and pieces of
scrap silver, often from jewelry and tableware that the Viking communities of
the Eastern Baltic,
Scandinavia, Iceland and the British Isles used as a form of currency.
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Piece #1 – 22mm x 19mm,
4.18g. Part of the rim from a silver cup or bowl, elaborately decorated
with an interlaced pattern on the outside, pellet
ring decoration on rim inside. |
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Piece #2 – 29mm x 10mm,
1.37g |
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Piece #3 – 100mm x 9mm,
17.00g |
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Piece #4 – 64mm x 4mm,
2.65g |
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Piece #5 – 26mm x 19mm,
3.90g |
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Piece #6 – 59mm x 5mm,
11.67g |
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Piece #7 – 97mm x 20mm,
15.28g |
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Piece #8 – 17mm x 28mm,
4.12g |
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