Brooch with cross design with heart-like tips
European Museums, Swedish History Museum, StockholmA cross on a brooch
ARAB SILVER
Over 1,000 Viking Age silver hoards have been found in Sweden. One of the largest, weighing more than six kilos, is from Sigsarve, Gotland island. The hoard contains means of payment in the form of jewellery either whole or hacked to pieces, and 1,382 coins, the majority being Islamic. Several other silver boards can be seen in the Museum's Gold Room.
OTTO FINDS TREASURE
In the mid-10th century a wealthy family in Sodermanland province buried silver riches under a stone at Varby. Perhaps it was a sacrifice to the gods,
or else hidden for an indefinite future. In 1871 it was found by the boy Otto Ludvig Jonsson when out gathering firewood. It consists of jewellery, beads and belt fittings. Several of the objects are of eastern import
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