Posted on 03/17/2025 2:51:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A very rare Byzantine coin is among dozens of medieval and Viking-era objects discovered in eastern Norway last year. Officials with Innlandet County Municipality have released details of items found by metal detectorists, including buckles, seals and pieces from swords.
Around 700 coins have now been found with by metal detectors in recent months – they date from the Roman period to 1650, with the most spectacular being a gold histamenon in excellent condition. Minted during the reigns of Basil II and Constantine VIII, sometime between 977 and 1025 AD, it shows the joint Byzantine emperors on one side and Jesus holding a book on the reverse...
Officials plan to do a more extensive search of the area later this year...
Another find reported to officials in Innlandet County is a set of 32 Viking-Age iron ingots. However, these were actually found back in the 1980s. They were then forgotten until Grete Margot Sørum came across them while cleaning her parents’ house.
The ingots have now been sent off to the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo for further study.
(Excerpt) Read more at medievalists.net ...
My pleasure!
Why is it odd to find Viking artifacts in Norway?
No one said it is odd.
Oh crap! I think I’m losing my mind. I will miss it more that most of my stuff.
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