Spillings Hoard
Largest known Viking silver hoard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Spillings Hoard (Swedish: Spillingsskatten) is the world's largest Viking silver treasure, found on Friday 16 July 1999 in a field at the Spilling farm northwest of Slite, on northern Gotland, Sweden. The silver hoard consisted of two parts with a total weight of 67 kg (148 lb) before conservation and consisted of, among other things, 14,295 coins most of which were Islamic from other countries. A third deposition containing over 20 kg (44 lb) of bronze scrap-metal was also found. The three caches had been hidden under the floorboards of a Viking outhouse sometime during the 9th century.
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Material | Silver, Bronze |
Size | 40 kg (88 lb) plus 27 kg (60 lb) plus 20 kg (44 lb) |
Created | 9th century |
Period/culture | Viking Age (late Iron Age) |
Discovered | 16 July 1999 Spillings, Othem, Gotland, Sweden 57.721608°N 18.780352°E / 57.721608; 18.780352 |
Discovered by | Jonas Ström and Kenneth Jonsson |
Present location | Gotland Museum |
Identification | 52803 |
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