Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Hackgold Ingot fragment found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Hack-gold (CM.1800-2008)

A rounded piece of hack-gold found in Torksey, Lincolnshire

This rounded ingot terminal was cut from a larger rectangular ingot. Though rarer than hacksilver, this gold ingot formed part of the bullion currency used by Vikings in England and may be associated with their winter camp in Torksey.

Object Type

Hackgold

Date

circa 800 — 1000

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Keywords

bullion, Danelaw Saga, Economy, Fitzwilliam_Museum, gold, hackgold, Lincolnshire, Torksey, trade, Viking

Further information

You can see the original at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This object is related to Torksey, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Torksey, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

References

The Fitzwilliam Museum

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