Bronze Age Pancake Ingot Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Comprising four pieces of copper 'bun' ingot, two showing characteristic edge cross-section. 556 grams total, 28-58 mm (1 1/8 - 2 1/4 in.).

UK gallery, early 2000s. These bun ingots were cast in shallow saucer depressions cut into rock where the copper ore was mined and smelted; they were then carried and traded across Europe before being broken up, melted down and having tin added to form bronze alloy; fragments such as these are frequently found as part of smith's hoards of, usually, worn out tools, weapons and raw material from the Late Bronze Age. [4, No Reserve]