The bronze figurine of a knight, which was found by an English treasure hunter, was auctioned at a price 15 times higher than experts’ expectations. The Daily Mail reports.
A treasure hunter discovered a 4.5 centimeters tall figurine while combing a field near the town of Bradwell in Norfolk with a metal detector. It was made in the 7th century and depicts an armed knight on horseback. Experts believe that it could have been used for a game that resembles chess. According to another version, such figures were used to plan battles.
Auction appraisers expected the find to be sold for six thousand pounds (about 600 thousand rubles), but during the auction the price of the lot reached 90 thousand pounds (8.9 million rubles). The buyer of the bronze knight was a collector who, taking into account additional contributions, gave more than 120 thousand pounds sterling (11.9 million rubles) for it. The money will be divided between the treasure hunter and the owner of the field where the figurine lay.
Previously it was reported that a resident of the British city of Colchester, Essex, sold an old coin, which he kept since childhood, and received four thousand pounds (about 397 thousand rubles at the current exchange rate). The coin was minted by the usurper emperor Carausius to pay his troops.