Buried Treasures - Spectacular Hoards of Late Roman Silver
Eleven 7th century leaping animal silver spoons from the Lambousa Treasure, British Museum
A close up of the bowl of the 7th century spoon with a Ram (Lambousa Treasure, British Museum)
Four tyches, two furniture ornaments, the Projecta casket, the muse casket and fluted plate, all part of the 4
th century
Esquiline Treasure, British Museum
The Muse casket, 4
th century, silver, part of the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum
Four Tyches (4 personifications of late Antique cities Rome, Constantinople, Antioch & Alexandria), 4th
century, gilded silver
& two Furniture ornaments, 4th
century, gilded silver, all objects from the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum
The Projecta casket (4th century silver with gilding, part of the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum) held by Professor Liz James
The Mildenhall Great Dish, 4th
century, (diameter 60.5cm, weight 8.3kg), part of the Mildenhall Treasure, British
Museum
Photographs taken at the British Museum by Simon Lane and Helen Rufus-Ward