Archeologists Found a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Treasure That May Have Touched a Saint’s Hand
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It was first sorted with English pennies, until its inscription revealed had a run-in with Norway’s future saint. Experts cataloguing the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever discovered in Norway were stunned when one 1,000-year-old coin stood out from the more than 5,000 in the find. As archaeologist …
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