There is debate about how this arm ring was made. When the treasure report was completed, it was thought that the rods of gold were held together and then twisted. However, jewellers who have ...

The arm rings weigh in total more than 500 grams, the museum said, adding silver was the Viking Age’s measure of value. It served as a means of payment and transaction, as well as to demonstrate ...

When these were made, people would pay for goods in silver by weight - often chopping bits off to the agreed amount.This hoard of five silver arm-rings, discovered between about 1887 and 1894 near ...

A silver Viking arm ring, from the 9th or 10th Centuries and a medieval gold seal from the 17th Century were also declared treasure. The seal, the size of a thumb nail, was found in Derryvullen ...

The hoard includes a gold arm ring and a "massive" silver brooch dating back to 950 AD. It was unearthed in December but has been revealed for the first time during a coroner's hearing.