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Scandinavian American
Seattle, King County, Washington
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A farmer plowing in Gotland, Sweden, uncovered a Viking-era treasure hoard of 1,250 silver coins from mints in England, Holland, Denmark, Germany, and elsewhere, including coins featuring Aethelred, Hardicanute, Even Estridsson, and Andreas I of Hungary.
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A buried treasure from the closing phase of the Viking era, consisting of 1,250 whole, halved or cut up silver coins from about 100 different mints in England, Holland, Denmark, Germany, etc., was turned up by a farmer on the historic Gotland isle in Baltic while plowing an old patch.
....Aethelred, Hardicanute, Danish King Even Estridsson appear in likenesses.
Well preserved specimens carry the inscription "Andreas Rex Pannoniae" (King Andreas I of Hungary A. D. 1046-61).
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Gotland Isle In Baltic
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1,250 whole, halved or cut up silver coins from about 100 different mints discovered
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A buried treasure from the closing phase of the Viking era, consisting of 1,250 whole, halved or cut up silver coins from about 100 different mints in England, Holland, Denmark, Germany, etc., was turned up by a farmer on the historic Gotland isle in Baltic while plowing an old patch. Aethelred, Hardicanute, Danish King Even Estridsson appear in likenesses. Well preserved specimens carry the inscription "Andreas Rex Pannoniae" (King Andreas I of Hungary A. D. 1046-61).