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17.05.2021
Hoard find from Vester Vedsted The Vester Vedsted hoard, discovered near Ribe, Denmark, is a collection of valuable items that includes neck and arm rings, a brooch, pendants, a chain, bars, silver beads, and silver fragments. Interestingly, the gold rings and silver bars found in the hoard were deliberately weighed...
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15.05.2021
Sundveda Hoard The Sundveda Hoard is a Viking-era collection of 482 silver coins discovered in 2008 in Sundveda, located between the towns of Märsta and Sigtuna near Stockholm, Sweden. Notably, it stands as the largest silver hoard found in the Mälaren region since 1827. Archaeologists...
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14.05.2021
Sandur Hoard The Sandur Hoard of the Faroe Islands was discovered in Sandur in 1863 and consists of 98 medieval silver coins, likely buried between 1070 and 1080. This hoard stands out as the oldest and sole coin hoard found in the archipelago. The significance of the coin hoard from Sandur lies...
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13.05.2021
Molnby Hoard The Molnby hoard is a collection of 163 silver coins dating back to the Viking era, discovered in Molnby, a locality in the municipality of Wallentuna, Sweden, in October 2016. Most of these coins originate from the region around Samarkand in Central Asia and can be traced back to the...
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12.05.2021
Wold Newton hoard The Wald-Newton Hoard is a collection of coins dating back to the early fourth century AD, containing 1,857 coins stored in a ceramic container. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2016. This hoard was discovered by metal detectorist David Blakely on September 21, 2014, in a...
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11.05.2021
Water Newton Treasure The Water Newton Treasure is a significant archaeological discovery consisting of Roman silver artifacts found near the location of the Roman town of Durobrivae at Water Newton in Cambridgeshire, England. The discovery was made in 1975 and included 27 pieces of silver and one small...
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10.05.2021
Upchurch Hoard The Upchurch Treasure is a hoard of Roman sesterces that was discovered near the village of Upchurch in Kent, England, in 1950. This hoard consists of thirty-seven Roman sestercii coins, which date from the late 1st century to the second half of the 2nd century AD. The coins in the...
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10.05.2021
Thornbury Hoard The Thornbury Treasure is a remarkable hoard of Roman coins consisting of 11,460 copper alloy coins. These coins are primarily radiates and nummi and date from the period between 260 and 348 AD. The hoard was discovered in Ken Allen Gardens in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England,...
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08.05.2021
Snettisham Hoard The Snettisham Treasure, also known as the Snettisham Hoard, is a collection of significant Iron Age discoveries made in the Snettisham area of Norfolk, England, spanning from 1948 to 1973. This treasure comprises various precious metals, jet, and more than 150 fragments of gold,...
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