Treasures

A Bronze Age hoard with three heavy gold necklaces has been discovered near the town of Urlați, northeast of Bucharest, Romania. The three necklaces have a combined weight of more than 300 grams, that’s a hair under 11 ounces. This is an exceptional find for the country and may upend current scholarship on the chronology … Read the full post →“Bronze Age hoard with heavy gold found in Romania”

An assemblage of more than 3,000 silver coins, the largest Viking-era coin hoard ever found in Norway, has been discovered in Østerdalen. Large coin hoards are extremely rare in Norway and one of this size is without parallel on the archaeological record. The second largest, found in the 1830s, contained 1,849 coins. The third largest … Read the full post →“Largest Viking coin hoard in Norwegian history found”

A hoard of six bronze rings dating to the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300-1100 B.C.) has been discovered in Dresden. Volunteer metal detectorist Ronald Meißner, who is certified by the State Office for Archaeology of Saxony (LfA) to survey sites of potential archaeological interest found the hoard near Wilschdorf, a northwestern district on the city limits … Read the full post →“Bronze Age ring hoard found in Dresden”

A rare imitation of a Carolingian gold coin worn as a pendant likely by a soldier in the Viking Great Army that invaded England in 865 A.D. has been discovered in Norfolk. This type of coin was made in workshops in Frisia (today part of the Netherlands) and all 22 of these imitation solidi found … Read the full post →“Viking raider’s gold coin pendant found in Norfolk”