What is Thetford Hoard?
{{Coord|52|24|N|0|44|E|region:GB|display=title}} {{Infobox artifact | name = Thetford Hoard | image = [[File:British Museum Thetford Hoard Rings.jpg|300px|22 gold and jewelled rings in a display case]] | image2 = | image_caption = 22 finger rings from the Thetford Hoard | material = gold, silver, gems, shale | period=[[Romano-British]] | size = 33 silver spoons<br/>3 silver strainers<br/>22 gold finger rings<br/>4 gold bracelets<br/>4 necklace pendants<br/>5 gold chain necklaces<br/>2 pairs of necklace-clasps<br/>1 gold [[amulet]]<br/>1 unmounted [[engraved gem]]<br/>1 emerald bead<br/>3 glass beads<br/>1 gold belt-buckle<br/>1 shale cylindrical box | writing = | created = | discovered = Gallows Hill, near [[Thetford]], [[Norfolk]], November 1979 | location = [[British Museum]] | id = P&E 1981 0201 1-83 }} The '''Thetford Hoard''', or '''Thetford Treasure''', is a [[hoard]] of [[Roman Britain|Romano-British]] metalwork found at Gallows Hill, near [[Thetford]] in [[Norfolk]], in November 1979. It is now in the [[British Museum]]. Dating from the mid- to late-4th century AD, this hoard is a collection of thirty-three silver spoons and three silver strainers, twenty-two gold finger rings, four gold bracelets, four necklace pendants, five gold chain necklaces and two pairs of necklace-clasps, a gold [[amulet]] designed as a pendant, an unmounted [[engraved gem]], four beads (one emerald and three of glass), and a gold belt-buckle decorated with a dancing [[satyr]]. A small cylindrical lidded box made from [[shale]] also belonged to the hoard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/g/thetford_treasure_gold_buckle.aspx|title=Gold buckle from the Thetford treasure|publisher=[[British Museum]]|accessdate=2010-08-05|archive-date=2010-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216081727/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/g/thetford_treasure_gold_buckle.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Discovery == The find was made unde