The Viking king who introduced Christianity to Denmark had cross-bearing silver coins struck between the years 970 and 980. Last fall, researchers uncovered 50 silver coins bearing crucifixes, alongside other treasures, in a field in Blåtand, Denmark, just a few miles from where said king—Harald Bluetooth—built the iconic Viking ring castle Fyrkat, which survives today….

A Dutch historian found a unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure, consisting of four golden ear pendants, two strips of gold leaf, and 39 silver coins, the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) announced on Thursday. Lorenzo Ruijter, 27, who told Reuters he has been treasure hunting since he was 10, discovered the treasure…

The traveler deposited the stash of gold, jewels, and silver coins near the Viking burial mounds in Haithabu some 800 years ago. Whoever that traveler was, and for whatever reason, he or she never returned to collect their treasure. Just recently, this hoard of precious items has again seen the light of day after it…

A “150,000-pound” hoard of over 600 medieval coins found by amateur metal detectorists has been declared a treasure. Seven men found the coins on the Culden Faw Estate in Buckinghamshire in April 2019—including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III. Their finds, nicknamed the “Hambleden Hoard,” represent the biggest gold and silver collection…