8th-11th century AD. A group of threeplete silver ingotsprising: one ovate with bevelled edges; one square in plan and rectangular in section, cut marks to both ends, bevelled corners; one rectangular in plan and roughly ovoid in section, tapering from one cut end to a rounded point at the opposite end. See Graham-Campbell, J., The Cuerdale Hoard and related Viking-Age silver and gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Meum, London, BMP, 2011, pl.3, 1: 17-18, for directlyparable examples and for discsion and context. Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record ids. 016 T104 and 2017 T536. 23.4 grams total, 10-54mm (1/2 - 2"). Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, 2016-2017. Declared as treasure under the Treasure Act with reference numbers 2016 T104 and 2017 T536, and subsequently disclaimed. Apanied by a copy of Portable Antiquities Scheme report numbers YORYM-3BAF25 and YORYM-FAE529. The Vikings operated a bullion economy, primarily utilising silver, where the weight and purity of the precio metal was more important that the form the metal assumed. Ingots were principally ed for bullion and payment for trading, but could also be ed in jewellery production. Ingots of a similar style a characteristic of the Viking period,monly found in Scandinavia, on the Continent, and within Britain where they generally date from the late 9th-10th century AD. [3, No Reserve]