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Radio Scotland,1 min

What’s hacksilver? Fraser Hunter describes how the Romans chopped up their silverware to bribe tribes on the Scottish frontier

Time Travels

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Fraser Hunter, principal curator Roman and Iron Age at National Museums Scotland inspecting fragments of the Dairsie Hoard with Glenmorangie Research Fellow Alice Blackwell Credit Neil Hanna

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