Artres Treasure

The Artres Treasure is an important Merovingian hoard found at Artres, northern France in the nineteenth century. Most of the treasure is now in the collection of the British Museum in London.

Artres Treasure
Part of the Artres Treasure displayed in the British Museum
MaterialGold and precious stones
Created6th Centuries AD
Period/cultureMerovingian
Present locationBritish Museum
Identification1897 AF.514a-b; AF.515; AF.518; AF.524-525; AF.3328;
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