The newspaper wrote that a small silver coin bearing the name of a famous Viking king was found using a metal detector in an excavation in Hungary that went missing about a thousand years ago. Life Science.
It looks very worn, but on the one hand you can still see the twikvetr, an important pagan religious symbol for northern peoples, often associated with the god Thor or the sun. It was later rethought as a trinity representing the already Christian Holy Trinity. The coin dates back to the period 1046-1066 as it has the name of the Norwegian king Harald Sigurdsson III, also known as Harald III Severe or Strict (Gardrad). He died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge while trying to win the British throne. The coin is clearly of Scandinavian origin, but was found near the Hungarian village of Vardomb. How it got to this place is still a mystery: it may have come with the traveling palace of the medieval Hungarian king. Called the “Penning”, this early Norwegian coin, although made of silver, was not considered particularly valuable in those days – it would have been worth about $20 in today’s money. It will be enough to feed a family during the day.
The coin was found earlier this year by Zoltan Chikos with a metal detector at the archaeological site, and was then handed over to archaeologist András Nemeth, who works at the Mor Wosinski Museum in the nearby town of Szekszárd. On the territory of the village of Wardomb are the remains of the medieval settlement of Kestoltz, which at that time was one of the most important trading cities of the region. Archaeologists have made hundreds of finds here, including jewelry for clothing and coins.