Norway’s largest Viking Age coin hoard has been discovered

When detectorists Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre found 19 silver coins in a field near Rena in eastern Norway, they realised their search had to stop. Archaeologists needed to be brought in. After the first day, when archaeologists also joined the coin search, the number rose to 70 and with each passing day, the coin discovery kept breaking more records. This week, they passed 3,000 coins. That makes the find, referred to as the Mørstad Hoard after the farm where it was discovered, the largest Viking Age coin treasure ever discovered in Norway.
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