https://freerepublic.com/tag/damhushoard/ en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:39:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384266/posts Live Science reports that a new study of Viking coins from the Damhus hoard, a cache of 226 pennies unearthed in Denmark near the site of the Viking town of Ribe in 2018, suggests that they contain silver recycled from Islamic coins. The 1,000-year-old coins, known as pennies, bear a face on one side thought to represent the Norse god Wodan or Odin, with a stag on the reverse. Thomas Birch of the National Museum of Denmark said that each coin would have been enough to buy ale, bread, or simple tools. Analysis of the coins also shows that when... Archaeology Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384266/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:39:57 GMT