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Arabic coins found in Viking treasure trove
Submitted by Sabine Berard on Sun, 2008/04/20 - 11:50.
801 CE to 900 CE | Metalworking | Scandanavian
Arabic coins were recently found in a huge hoard of Viking treasure discovered recently in Sweden. The coins were part of the "largest early Viking hoard ever discovered in Sweden."
The 472 coins were found at a Bronze Age site near Stockholm and date to around 850 C.E. The number of foreign coins show that early Vikings had an active trade with much of the known world. |
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