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Archaeology
Norway's Largest Viking Coin Hoard Emerges From an Østerdalen Field
On 10 April 2026, detectorists Rune Sætre and Vegard Sørlie found 19 silver coins at Mørstad farm in Østerdalen, Norway, then stopped and called archaeologists. That restraint preserved the context for a find now at roughly 3,000 late-Viking-Age coins and counting, surpassing the 1,849-coin Årstad hoard of 1836 as Norway's largest. The cache mixes English, German, Danish and fresh Norwegian silver naming Cnut, Æthelred and Harald Hardrada.