'This new hoard might be compared to a wallet containing all kinds of credit cards, notes and coins,' said one researcher.
A hoard of Viking Age treasure dated to around 1,000 years ago has been discovered by metal detectorists.John Crowe and David O'Hare uncovered the hoard in May this year while metal detecting on the Isle of Man—a self-governing British Crown dependency located between Great Britain and Ireland in the middle of the Irish Sea.
Collins, a leading expert in Viking Age coins from the Isle of Man, confirmed that the hoard includes coins minted in various locations across England and Ireland between roughly A.D. 1000-1065. It appears that the hoard was abandoned shortly before A.D. 1070.Some of the coins were minted during the reign of Canute —a Viking ruler who is best known for uniting the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway into what is often called the North Sea Empire.
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