It's gold - in the rare form of
votive plaques - seven of them (one removed temporarily), dating to the 3rd or 4th century, when Britain was a Roman province -
A closer view -
... and a better explanation -
"
The hoard" - gold and silver - was found in 2002 in Hertfordshire. They were probably taken from a temple and buried -
Elsewhere in Europe, a thousand years later ...
And some carved ivory -
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