Staffordshire Hoard

The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5. 1 kg (11 lb) of gold, 1.

4 kg (3 lb) of silver and some 3,500 pieces of garnet cloisonné jewellery.
It is described by the historian Cat Jarman as "possibly the finest collection of early medieval artefacts ever discovered".

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