The Balline Hoard is an assortment of hacksilber and ingots discovered in 1940 in a gravel pit at Balline (or Ballina or Belline; see on Pleiades), County Limerick, Ireland. It consists of fragments of three Roman silver vessels and four Roman silver double-axehead ingots, of which three bear stamps with inscriptions. The hoard is dated to the late 4th-early 5th c. CE. Several suggestions have been offered for how this silver, which finds parallels in Kent, made its way to Ireland: as booty from an Irish raid on Britain, as part of a Roman payment to an Irish chief to keep the peace, or as a payment or donative to Irish mercenaries or foederati.
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Tags: Balline Ballina Belline county Limerick Ireland Eire hoard silver Hacksilber Roman Irish Late Antique 4th c. CE 5th c. CE late 4th c. CE early 5th c. CE payment bribe argento hacksilver Depotfund pleiades:findspot=20406 romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Silber argent plata gümüş museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico
Silver ingot with stamp bearing Latin inscription: EX OF(FICINA) NON(---) ("From the workshop of Non...")
The Balline Hoard is an assortment of hacksilber and ingots discovered in 1940 in a gravel pit at Balline (or Ballina or Belline; see on Pleiades), County Limerick, Ireland. It consists of fragments of three Roman silver vessels and four Roman silver double-axehead ingots, of which three bear stamps with inscriptions. The hoard is dated to the late 4th-early 5th c. CE. Several suggestions have been offered for how this silver, which finds parallels in Kent, made its way to Ireland: as booty from an Irish raid on Britain, as part of a Roman payment to an Irish chief to keep the peace, or as a payment or donative to Irish mercenaries or foederati.
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Tags: Balline Ballina Belline county Limerick Ireland Eire hoard silver Hacksilber Roman Irish Late Antique 4th c. CE 5th c. CE late 4th c. CE early 5th c. CE payment bribe argento hacksilver Depotfund pleiades:findspot=20406 romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Silber argent plata gümüş museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico
Silver ingot with stamp bearing Latin inscription: EX (XP) OF(FICINA) C[I] / VILIS ("From the workshop of Civilis", with interpuntal Chi-Rho monogram)
The Balline Hoard is an assortment of hacksilber and ingots discovered in 1940 in a gravel pit at Balline (or Ballina or Belline; see on Pleiades), County Limerick, Ireland. It consists of fragments of three Roman silver vessels and four Roman silver double-axehead ingots, of which three bear stamps with inscriptions. The hoard is dated to the late 4th-early 5th c. CE. Several suggestions have been offered for how this silver, which finds parallels in Kent, made its way to Ireland: as booty from an Irish raid on Britain, as part of a Roman payment to an Irish chief to keep the peace, or as a payment or donative to Irish mercenaries or foederati.
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Tags: Balline Ballina Belline county Limerick Ireland Eire hoard silver Hacksilber Roman Irish Late Antique 4th c. CE 5th c. CE late 4th c. CE early 5th c. CE payment bribe argento hacksilver Depotfund pleiades:findspot=20406 romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Silber argent plata gümüş museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Chi-Rho Christian symbol monogram cristiano ΧΡ
Silver ingot with central stamp bearing Latin inscription: EX OFFI(CINA) / ISATIS ("From the workshop of Isatis")
Stamps from the same mould were found at Richborough/Rutupiae and Reculver/Regulbium in Kent.
The Balline Hoard is an assortment of hacksilber and ingots discovered in 1940 in a gravel pit at Balline (or Ballina or Belline; see on Pleiades), County Limerick, Ireland. It consists of fragments of three Roman silver vessels and four Roman silver double-axehead ingots, of which three bear stamps with inscriptions. The hoard is dated to the late 4th-early 5th c. CE. Several suggestions have been offered for how this silver, which finds parallels in Kent, made its way to Ireland: as booty from an Irish raid on Britain, as part of a Roman payment to an Irish chief to keep the peace, or as a payment or donative to Irish mercenaries or foederati.
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Tags: Balline Ballina Belline county Limerick Ireland Eire hoard silver Hacksilber Roman Irish Late Antique 4th c. CE 5th c. CE late 4th c. CE early 5th c. CE payment bribe argento hacksilver Depotfund pleiades:findspot=20406 romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Silber argent plata gümüş museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico
The Balline Hoard is an assortment of hacksilber and ingots discovered in 1940 in a gravel pit at Balline (or Ballina or Belline; see on Pleiades), County Limerick, Ireland. It consists of fragments of three Roman silver vessels and four Roman silver double-axehead ingots, of which three bear stamps with inscriptions. The hoard is dated to the late 4th-early 5th c. CE. Several suggestions have been offered for how this silver, which finds parallels in Kent, made its way to Ireland: as booty from an Irish raid on Britain, as part of a Roman payment to an Irish chief to keep the peace, or as a payment or donative to Irish mercenaries or foederati.
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Tags: Balline Ballina Belline county Limerick Ireland Eire hoard silver Hacksilber Roman Irish Late Antique 4th c. CE 5th c. CE late 4th c. CE early 5th c. CE payment bribe argento hacksilver Depotfund pleiades:findspot=20406 romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Silber argent plata gümüş museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico