Another excellent heads-up article from Ancient Origins that reveals new and completely different information on the English King, Alfred the Great, that will rewrite that period of medieval English history.
As always with Ancient Origins, the embedded links can take you on a journey that will leave you much better informed on the subject. (Ed.)
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| Viking Coin Hoard |
2 JUNE, 2019 -
15:16 ASHLEY COWIE
A hoard of Viking coins worth
at least half a million British pounds has been recovered by police
investigating the illegal
trade of historic
treasures and they tell a completely different story of Alfred the
Great's role in English
history .
The Recovery of the
Viking Coins
Codenamed
“Operation Fantail”, the sting was directed by Detective Inspector Lee Gosling
of Durham police
who said several suspected criminals have been arrested on suspicion of dealing
in “culturally tainted objects”.
He told reporters,
“We believe the material recovered comes from a hoard of
immense historical
significance relating to the Vikings and we are delighted to have been
able to hand it over to the British Museum.”
The coins (and
a silver
ingot ) were recovered by police at homes in County Durham and
Lancashire earlier this month and would have circulated around 878 AD, at a
time when Alfred
the Great of Wessex, a powerful Anglo-Saxon warrior
king fought a series of battles against Vikings which
was to lead to the creation of a unified England under Alfred and his
successors.
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| Alfred the Great is depicted on the Viking coins. (Brobra694 / Public Domain ) |
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