Ryan on Mythryl: “Pretty sure the gem was stolen and replaced with a wine gum.”

Pretty sure the gem was stolen and replaced with a wine gum.

North Ages@northages.bsky.social

The 7thC Holderness Cross was sold to a dealer for £55,000 at auction in London #OTD in 1999. The gold and garnet pectoral cross was then acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, where it went on display from November 25 that year.

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