Reposted by 🏳️🌈 Dolly Darren 🏳️⚧️
A very elaborate Viking Age weight from #Furness, #Cumbria in British Museum. Made from a gilded copper alloy cast head of 8th century date (Irish/Scottish?), later filled with a protruding cushion of lead to make a trade weight #medievalsky #bm 1/2 thread