Anglo Saxon gold to go on display

This gold strip with a Biblical inscription is one of 1,500 items in the hoard.

The largest haul of Anglo Saxon treasure, which was recently unearthed in Staffordshire, is to go on display once more.

From Tuesday, the hoard can be seen at the British Museum in London before moving to the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent in the New Year.

The hoard was found by Terry Herbert with a metal detector in a farmer's field on 25 September.

Up to 40,000 people queued to see it in Birmingham when it went on display.

The hoard, which is thought to date back to the seventh century, comprises 1,600 items including sword pommels, helmet parts and processional crosses.

Valued by experts

Stoke-on-Trent City Council leader Ross Irving said it was important that as many people as possible are able to see it.

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery will display about 80 items of treasure.

The hoard was sent to the British Museum to be valued by experts.

A campaign to see it returned to the West Midlands has been set up.

Birmingham City Council, along with the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent authorities, launched the joint bid to keep the items in the West Midlands region by buying them from the Crown.

The money raised will be split between amateur treasure hunter Mr Herbert, who found the hoard, and Fred Johnson, the owner of the land near Lichfield where he discovered it.