Anglosaksų lobis/ Anglo-Saxon gold

2009 m. Stafordšyro laukuose buvo atkastas didžiausias anglosaksų lobis Didžiojoje Britanijoje. Ekspertų teigimu, rasto lobio dydis -- 1 500 aukso ir sidabro monetų, datuojamų septintuoju amžiumi -- neturi precedentų.

Pietų Stafordšyro koroneris Andrew Haighas radinį paskelbė lobiu, ir tai reiškia, kad jis priklauso Karūnai.

Terry Herbertas, kuris lobį dirbamoje žemėje aptiko metalo detektoriumi, pasakė, kad tai yra didžiausios kiekvieno ieškotojo metalo detektoriumi svajonės išsipildymas.

Lobio įvertinimas gali užtrukti daugiau nei vienerius metus.

Stafordšyro lobis apima apie 5 kg aukso ir 2,5 kg sidabro, todėl šis lobis daug didesnis, nei 1939 m. Sutton Hoo radinys, kai netoli Vudbridžo (Sufolkas) buvo rasta 1,5 kg anglosaksų aukso.

Leslie Websteris, buvęs Britų muziejaus priešistorės ir Europos skyriaus prižiūrėtojas pasakė: „Šis radinys mūsų suvokimą apie anglosaksų laikų Angliją pakeis taip pat radikaliai kaip ir Sutton Hoo radinys, gal net radikaliau. Pagal svarbą tai prilygsta Lindisfarno evangelijų ar Kelų knygos atradimui."

Lindisfarno evangelijos ir Kelų knyga yra įmantriai iliustruoti rankraščiai iš keturių Naujojo Testamento evangelijų, kurie datuojami devintuoju ir aštuntuoju amžiumi.


The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried in a field in Staffordshire.

Experts say the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date to the 7th Century, is unparalleled in size and worth "a seven-figure sum".

It has been declared treasure by South Staffordshire coroner Andrew Haigh, meaning it belongs to the Crown.

Terry Herbert, who found it on farmland using a metal detector, said it "was what metal detectorists dream of".

It could take more than a year for it to be valued.

The Staffordshire hoard contains about 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, making it far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery in 1939 when 1.5kg of Anglo-Saxon gold was found near Woodbridge in Suffolk.

Leslie Webster, former keeper at the British Museum's Department of Prehistory and Europe, said: "This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries.

"(It is) absolutely the equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells."

The Book of Kells and Lindisfarne Gospels are intricately illuminated manuscripts of the four New Testament Gospels dating from the 9th and 8th Centuries.

Mr Herbert, 55, of Burntwood in Staffordshire, who has been metal detecting for 18 years, came across the hoard as he searched land belonging to a farmer friend over five days in July. The exact location has not been disclosed.

"I have this phrase that I say sometimes; 'spirits of yesteryear take me where the coins appear', but on that day I changed coins to gold," he said.

"I don't know why I said it that day but I think somebody was listening and directed me to it.

"This is what metal detectorists dream of, finding stuff like this. But the vast amount there is just unbelievable."

BBC correspondent Nick Higham said the hoard would be valued by the British Museum and the money passed on to Mr Herbert and the landowner.

A total of 1,345 items have been examined by experts, although the list includes 56 clods of earth which have been X-rayed and are known to contain further metal artefacts.

This means the total number of items found is likely to rise to about 1,500.

Following the initial find, Alex Jones, director of Birmingham Archaeology and his colleagues were invited to excavate the site, Birmingham University said.

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[ramunas971]

lucky dude

[texastee2011]

I have a friend who found something very similar to that. My friend used a ouija board though and the treasure was all Spanish.