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This patera for libations dates from the second half of the 3rd-early 1st cetury BCE, and it was found in the ancient Iberian Perotito Hoard. Made out of sheet silver with repoussé decoration, the patera features a traditional Iberian scene...

This hoard contained 23 bars of gold, several bars of silver, rings, pieces of scrap, and a silver figurine. The pieces were cut for specific transactions or other reasons, but not to conform to a weight standard. In making payments, it was...

The Oxus Treasure is a collection of 180 artifacts of precious metal, dated to the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE), which were discovered on the north bank of the Oxus River near the town of Takht-i Sangin in Tajikstan between 1876-1880...

Southern Italy and Sicily had no silver and had to import it to mint coins. Hoards found there contain silver ingots and coins from the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as coins minted locally. This suggests that people there needed silver...

The Tartessian culture existed from the 9th to the 6th centuries BCE in the south-westernmost part of Spain. The landscape between the modern cities Huelva and Cádiz is defined nowadays by the lower course of the Guadalquivir, but in antiquity...

Elements of Norse mythology abound in The Lord of the Rings, and none is so compelling as the ring itself. The One Ring is reminiscent of magic rings in Norse lore, especially Odin's Draupnir or Andvaranaut from the legend of the Volsungs...

The Derrynaflan Chalice is an 8th or 9th Century vessel from the Derrynaflan Hoard. It is made of silver and decorated with gold and enamel. The hoard was found in the 1980 CE near Derrynaflan in County Tipperary, Ireland.

An 8th or 9th Century CE silver paten and accompanying bronze base from the Derrynaflan Hoard. It is made of silver and decorated with gold and enamel. The hoard was found in the 1980 CE near Derrynaflan in County Tipperary, Ireland. (Color...

A close-up photo of the Derrynaflan Chalice, an 8th or 9th Century vessel from the Derrynaflan Hoard. It is made of silver and decorated with gold and enamel. The hoard was found in the 1980 CE near Derrynaflan in County Tipperary, Ireland...

A silver paten and its bronze base, from the Derrynaflan Hoard, likely created in the 8th or 9th Century CE. The hoard was found in the 1980 CE near Derrynaflan in County Tipperary, Ireland. (Color and clarity digitally adjusted from original...