The coins were found by a young girl in a cornfield.
coins that are "very rare" were discovered by a young girl while metal detecting in a Danish cornfield., silver coins were discovered near the town of Hobro, five kilometers from the Fyrkat Viking ringfort. Notably, they are considered from the 980s because they bear cross inscriptions, according to the museum.
According to archaeologists, the cache contains Danish, Arab, and Germanic coins and jewelry made in Scotland or Ireland. The discoveries, according to Norbach, date from the same time as the fort, which King Harald Bluetooth erected, and will provide more light on the Vikings' past. castle Fyrkat is incredibly exciting," museum archaeologist and curator Torben Trier Christiansen said.According to the museum, King Harald probably introduced the cross coins as propaganda in connection with his Christianization of the Danes because his earlier coins did not have a cross.
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