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Gold arm-ring

Arm-rings allowed both men and women to keep their wealth sa…
Vale of York Hoard

It contains a mixture of different precious metal objects in…
Antler comb with matching case

Combs such as this are commonly found throughout the Viking …
Bone pin

This pin was recovered from the River Thames in 1837 and ent…
Iron spearhead with silver and copper decoration

This large and elegant spearhead was found in the River Tham…
Oval brooch

This copper-alloy oval brooch is one of a matching pair foun…
Reins guide

This copper-alloy openwork fitting was for guiding the reins…
Silver bracelet

Testing marks on the edges of this silver bracelet indicate …
Silver disc brooch

This silver disc brooch is elaborately decorated with Borre …
Silver disc brooch of Ædwen

A hoard of objects, which included coins, gold rings and thi…
Trefoil brooch

This trefoil (three-lobed) brooch is made of copper alloy. E…
Whalebone plaque

This whalebone plaque is decorated with a pair of openwork h…
Lead weight with coin of Ethelred I

Large numbers of lead weights have survived from the Viking …
Silver penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson

From the late ninth century, much of northern England fell u…
Silver penny of Cnut (Canute)

The Anglo-Saxons did not have realistic portraits on their c…
Silver penny of Eric Bloodaxe

Eric Bloodaxe was the last Viking king of York (AD 947-48 an…
Silver penny of Sven Estridsen

Although coinage in Denmark probably began as early as the e…
Brooch in the Urnes style

This copper-alloy brooch is in the form of a ribbon-bodied a…
Pair of oval brooches

This matching pair of gilt-bronze brooches was found in 1867…
Silver 'thistle' brooch

This brooch was found by a boy in a field near Penrith in 17…
The Halton Moor hoard

The decoration on this fine cup, from a hoard found at Halto…
The Pitney Brooch

This elegant openwork brooch was found in a churchyard. The …
The Cuerdale hoard

This exceptional silver treasure consists of over 8,500 obje…
Silver hoard from Goldsborough

The Vikings measured wealth in many ways. The two most impor…