was handed over by Romans to the Pictish occupants of the site, or the products of raids on Roman Britain, is unclear. The Vale of York hoard includes 617 silver coins and hacksilver. The Cuerdale Hoard includes 8,600 items, silver coins and hacksilver. The Skaill Hoard, the largest Viking Age silver hoard found in Scotland, consists of over 100 items, including jewelry, a few coins and assorted hacksilver. The hoard, dated to between 950 and 970, was found in Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, in 1858. The main Penrith Hoard is of Viking-period penannular brooches, but a separate hoard found very close by includes many pieces of hacksilver. The 'southern Phoenician' hacksilver hoards in the Cisjordan Corpus were found at Ein Hofez, Tell Keisan, Dor and Akko. Sources James Graham-Campbell: The Viking-age silver and gold hoards of Scandinavian character from Scotland M. Bogucki: Reasons for hiding Viking Age hack silver hoards Hacksilver in the database of the National Museums of Scotland Hacksilver in the database of the British Museum Hacksilber Project References Viking treasure troves Denominations (currency) Germanic archaeological artifacts Silver objects Archaeological artefact types