EditorialLead ingot. Found in a wrecked ship off the coast of the ancient city of Allon (Villajoyosa), coming from the mines of Linares-La Carolina, in Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). The IMP GER AVG countermarks indicate that it was imperial property and the...
EditorialMould, Kaupang, Larvik k., Vestfold. 9th-10th century. Ingot (in a mould). Store Husum, Stokke k., Vestfold. 10th century. Leas weight and debris from lead casting. Kaupang, Larvik k., Vestfold. 9th century. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialScandinavia. Currency gold from the 6th century, from Sletner. Eidsberg, Ostfold. Gold ingot and part of a gold arm ring from 800 BC, Hemstad, Stange, Hedmark. Currency gold from the 6th century, from Store Oma, Time, Rogaland. Norway. Historical Museu...
EditorialThe Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense dec...
EditorialCopper ingot, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1450?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Copper, width 14 3/8in. (36.5cm), Bronzes, Cyprus is thought to have been the main producer of copper in the Late Bronze Age, although very few ingots, apart from miniature votive ingots, have...
EditorialCopper ingot, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1450?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Copper, width 14 3/8in. (36.5cm), Bronzes, Cyprus is thought to have been the main producer of copper in the Late Bronze Age, although very few ingots, apart from miniature votive ingots, have...
EditorialLead Ingot with Monograms, 6th century, Byzantine, Lead, 1/4 ? 1 7/16 ? 1 7/16 in., 2.8oz. (0.7 ? 3.7 ? 3.6 cm, 80g), Metalwork-Lead, Stamped with a Greek monogram that most likely reads 'eparch of the city,' this three-ounce ingot is probably a commod...
EditorialFragment of a Gold Ingot, 700s, Avar, Gold, 2 11/16 ? 11/16 ? 3/8 in., 3.73 Troy Ounces (6.9 ? 1.7 ? 0.9 cm, 116g), Metalwork-Gold, The treasure contains an array of belt fittings, some elaborately decorated, some unfinished or defectively cast. Some s...
EditorialMould, Kaupang, Larvik k., Vestfold. 9th-10th century. Ingot (in a mould). Store Husum, Stokke k., Vestfold. 10th century. Leas weight and debris from lead casting. Kaupang, Larvik k., Vestfold. 9th century. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialScandinavia. Currency gold from the 6th century, from Sletner. Eidsberg, Ostfold. Gold ingot and part of a gold arm ring from 800 BC, Hemstad, Stange, Hedmark. Currency gold from the 6th century, from Store Oma, Time, Rogaland. Norway. Historical Museu...
EditorialThe Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense dec...