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13. THE ROLE OF THE QLTR
13.1 The QLTR is head of the Treasure Trove system and institutes any legal procedures necessary.
13.2 The QLTR takes all final decisions on the claiming (and disclaiming), valuation and allocation of portable antiquities, bearing in mind the recommendations of the TTU and SAFAP.
13.3 All formal notifications concerning claimed (and disclaimed) items, allocation, and rewards are issued from the QLTR unit, as are the certificates awarded to finders of claimed items (see Appendix E).
13.4 The financial arrangements for claimed items involving museum payments and finders' ex gratia payments are undertaken by the QLTR unit. Current practice requires a museum first to provide payment before the QLTR unit issues an ex gratia payment to the relevant finder.
13.5 After cases involving multiple applications have been determined the QLTR unit will notify unsuccessful applicants of the outcome as well as the successful applicant.
13.6 The QLTR convenes an annual meeting with SAFAP and the TTU (see Appendix A:12).
13.7 The QLTR is required to report annually to the Scottish Ministers on the operation of the Treasure Trove system. This report comprises a list of all claimed cases and any that have been disclaimed. It may also include further information and analysis about the working of the Treasure Trove system and the activities of the bodies involved.
TT.101/06 Viking hacksilver from Crail, Fife. Allocated to Fife Museum Service
There are very few Viking finds from the East of Scotland and these two fragments of silver from Crail - one possibly from a Viking trefoil brooch and the other from an Irish style penannular brooch, bear deliberate cut marks indicating that they are Viking hacksilver - that is they have been cut up to be used as currency. They probably belonged to a dispersed hoard buried in the 10th-11th centuries although the Irish brooch may be several centuries earlier in date as fragments of old silver objects could remain in circulation for centuries because of their bullion value.
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