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Hacksilver
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Hacksilver consists of fragments of cut and bent silver items that were used as bullion or as currency by weight during the Bronze Age and Middle Ages.
The mixed Viking Cuerdale Hoard, deposited in England c. 910, also contains 8,600 coins, as well as these ingots and pieces of jewellery and plate.
The mixed Viking Cuerdale Hoard, deposited in England c. 910, also contains 8,600 coins, as well as these ingots and pieces of jewellery and plate.
Hacksilver from the medieval period, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg, Germany.
Hacksilver from the medieval period, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg, Germany.
Eastern hacksilver from the Achaemenid Levant, including jewellery and Greek coins, 425–420 BC. These formed a part of Achaemenid coinage.
Eastern hacksilver from the Achaemenid Levant, including jewellery and Greek coins, 425–420 BC. These formed a part of Achaemenid coinage.
Picts
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The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and details of their culture can be gleaned from early medieval texts
Hacksilver
…common among the Norsemen or Vikings, as a result of both their raiding and trade. Hacksilver may also have been used by Romans in their dealings with Pictish tribes. The name of the ruble, the basic unit of modern Russian currency, is derived from the Russian verb рубить ('rubit'), meaning "to chop", from the…
The Aberlemno I roadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and
The Aberlemno I roadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb
Silver plaque from the Norrie's Law hoard, Fife, with double disc and Z-rod symbol
Silver plaque from the Norrie's Law hoard, Fife, with double disc and Z-rod symbol
The so-called Daniel Stone, cross slab fragment found at Rosemarkie, Easter Ross
The so-called Daniel Stone, cross slab fragment found at Rosemarkie, Easter Ross
The Whitecleuch Chain, high-status Pictish silver chain, one of ten known to exist, dating from between 400 and 800 AD
The Whitecleuch Chain, high-status Pictish silver chain, one of ten known to exist, dating from between 400 and 800 AD