12-12-2015, 02:45 PM
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Alfreds Viking Treasure
A recent major discovery was this Viking hoard buried in the 870s in Watlington, OxfordshireThe find includes 186 rare coins of King Alfred of Wessex & King Ceolwulf II of Mercia, as well as Viking jewellery
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-invaders.html
12-12-2015, 05:27 PM
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Re: Alfreds Viking Treasure
Fascinating find, thanks Solo.I would think it was unusual to find the gold ingots with the coins and jewellery, that would suggest to me someone with a knowledge of Goldsmithing had something to do with the hoard, most of the bar ingots are pickled clean and ready to be hammered out for whatever kind of jewellery is required.
And poor old King Ceolwulf of Mercia was rubbed out by the great Alfred, you can never believe written history, who while in charge of things at the time is going to have his/her official scribes write anything else but praise for themselves and curses for their enemies.
13-12-2015, 10:58 AM
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Re: Alfreds Viking Treasure
It's always a nice surprise to see things like this are still there to be discovered. Why and by whom they were buried is always a great guessing game and allows you to conjure up different scenarios and reasons.The only thing no doubt certain is that the person/s who buried this hoard did not live to return for it.
13-12-2015, 11:42 AM
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Re: Alfreds Viking Treasure
Originally Posted by Nom
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I do love these Dark Age finds, i have a friend who has made some significant finds when out detectoring, mainly in Yorkshire.
You can understand why they do it when you see finds like this. To discover a hoard that was placed by another human so long ago with all its story and reasons behind it , must be such a heart stopping moment for them.
I get excited and all over come if a discover a bit of flint in the garden, imagining if it helped kill a dinasaur.
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