Hackgold, a rounded ingot terminal, from Torksey

An image of Hackgold. Ingot fragment. A rounded ingot terminal cut from an ingot of rectangular cross-section, of worked gold. Where the terminal has been cut from the rest of the bar there is also another cut (1-2mm deep) which is a missed strike or similar. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Viking. 800-999.

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Hackgold. Ingot fragment. A rounded ingot terminal cut from an ingot of rectangular cross-section, of worked gold. Where the terminal has been cut from the rest of the bar there is also another cut (1-2mm deep) which is a missed strike or similar. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Viking. 800-999.

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Accession Number: CM.1800-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 695 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 481.93kB
Exposure time: 1/25
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:11:15 13:20:02

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10th Century 9th Century AD coinage currency Early Medieval Fitz_CM fragment gold hack-gold hackgold ingot Medieval money Torksey Viking

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