Vingerbeschermer

Romeinse vingerbeschermer voor naalden.
Afmeting: 3.5 cm.
Periode: 0 tot 400 n.Chr.

One Roman needle holder.
Time Approximately: 1st-4th Century A.D.
Material: Bronze.
Length of the pieces: 30 mm.

VIKING TREASURE.

In 1996 a silver hoard was found in Westerklief on the island of Wieringen in the province of North Holland. It consisted of bars of silver, coins, armbands and a necklace. The silver, that weighs a total of more than 1,600 grams, was buried in a small round pot. The style of the jewellery indicates that it must have belonged to a Dane. Apparently he used the Netherlands for a while as a base for his operations and had buried the treasure that he brought with him in the ground.

This is the first Viking treasure to be found in the Netherlands. At the same time, the find was the first tangible evidence that Vikings settled in the Netherlands. The latest coins in the hoard were made around 850 AD, so they were probably buried soon after that date. Research on the grass in the pot indicates that the silver was buried in a meadow on a day in spring.



Dating from: approx. 850 AD, material: earthenware (pot), silver,
found in Wieringen (Dutch province of Noord-Holland).

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