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[–] 24 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Does this man get paid for any of this find or does a museum collect it and that’s that?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 day ago

    More pictures on the museum's article page: https://nordjyskemuseer.dk/havearbejde-afsloerer-danmarks-stoerste-vikingesoelvskat/

    Also interesting near the bottom of the article:

    The rum tax, which was found just two months ago, is also relevant in this context. It consists of six intact gold arm rings from the Viking Age with a total weight of 762.5 grams. Where the silver treasures from Rebild especially reflect silver as payment metal by weight, the Rold treasure points to its massive gold on elite, status and power.

    "We have an area that repeatedly delivers spectacular finds from the Viking Age. The new silver treasure shows that the Rebild area was not a peripheral region, but part of the major economic and cultural connections..."

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  • [–] 8 points 23 hours ago

    Stardew valley ass discovery

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Imagine carrying a purse with your valuables where just the content weighs around 18.5 kg + the weight of the clay container around it... Dude must have been really ripped.

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  • [–] 1 point 14 hours ago (1 child)

    The Swedes used to use big copper rings for money for a long time. Robbing a bank would be virtually impossible without a wagon train and or boat. Not sure when they started or stopped that though.

    But in the olden days, the country of origin didn't really matter for coins of precious metal. Spanish coins were used across europe, the pieces of 8 were popular, silver coinage, britain had their gold guneius.

    The value was just based on the metal content, and countries didn't have the means or will to forbid other currencies.

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  • [–] 2 points 12 hours ago

    The copper rings were used in the bronze age and not just in Sweden, but basically everywhere in Europe.

    In the olden days most countries struck coins of standard weights. So a coin is popular and then copied with different motives all over the place. The drachme, which initially was developed in Athens ended up as the first big standard coin spreading via Alexander the Great all over the place. The Sasanian Empire struck coins like those for example and that is centuries later. The Roman Solidus gold coin was very commonly used as a standard size in India as well.

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