'Biggest Surprise of My Life': Denmark's Largest Viking Age Silver Hoard Discovered in Backyard
The 18.5-kilogram cache includes about 700 objects and is nearly three times larger than Denmark’s previous Viking Age silver find, researchers said.
- A homeowner in northern Denmark's Rebild municipality uncovered the country's largest Viking Age silver hoard while building a patio, discovering more than 18.5 kilograms of silver objects buried for roughly 1,100 years.
- Believed to date to the 10th century, the treasure includes a small Thor's hammer and roughly 700 silver objects, with about 320 items found inside a ceramic vessel placed centuries ago.
- Archaeologist Torben Sarauw of Nordjyske Museer noted the find includes Anglo-Saxon pennies minted under King Edward the Elder and Islamic coins, demonstrating Denmark's extensive Viking Age trade connections across Europe and the Islamic world.
- The treasure has been submitted to Denmark's National Museum for further examination, though researchers do not plan a large archaeological investigation at the site because the developed area prevents extensive excavation.
- Nordjyske Museer is preparing a permanent display of the silver treasure alongside gold bracelets from the Rold treasure, which will be exhibited at the Fyrkat Viking Museum in northern Denmark.
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A Danish owner accidentally discovered, while preparing the land in the courtyard of the house for setting up a terrace, over 18.5 kilograms of silver about 1,100 years old. The treasure, made up of about 700 objects, is the largest of the Viking era found so far in this country.
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In the north of the Jutland peninsula, a homeowner has discovered Denmark's largest silver Viking treasure in gardening.
In the north of the Jutland peninsula, a homeowner has discovered Denmark's largest silver Viking treasure in gardening.
Homeowner finds Denmark’s largest Viking treasure trove buried beneath backyard
The 1,100-year-old cache includes about 700 objects, among them jewelry, silver ingots, Anglo-Saxon and Islamic coins, and a tiny item resembling Thor’s hammer, offering rare insight into Viking trade and wealth
While building a new patio in his garden in Rebild, Denmark, a landowner stumbled upon the largest known Viking silver hoard in Denmark. The collection includes hundreds of items from the 10th century. It includes coins, jewelry, Thor's hammer, and a silver ingot with mysterious runes.
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