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Rare 800-year-old silver artifacts found at church in Sweden — and spark a mystery
Miami Herald via Yahoo! ^ | April 11, 2024 | Aspen Pflughoeft

Posted on 04/13/2024 11:52:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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The 800-year-old silver coins found at Brahekyrkan church in Visingsö.
Jönköping County Museum
Jönköping County Museum

1 posted on 04/13/2024 11:52:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 04/13/2024 11:54:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Brahe Church in Visingsö:
3 posted on 04/14/2024 12:15:08 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: SunkenCiv

Why this is such an interesting find:

The years 1160 - 1180 are two decades when the Swedish kingdom was fought over by the Sverkerska and Erikska families. During the latter half of the 12th century and until 1248 members of those families intermittently held the title of Swedish King.

The Sverkerska family had its main hold in Östergötland (to the east of Visingsö) and was often allied with the Catholic Church. The Erikska family heralded from Västergötland (to the west of Visingsö) and had its power base mainly among the lords and chieftains of the area that made up Sweden at that time.

Unfortunately, not many written records from this era have remained, and therefore these coins may be very useful for the historians.


4 posted on 04/14/2024 12:43:22 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: SunkenCiv

It was safer then a bank which I guess did not exist.
The owners of those coins were probably killed.


5 posted on 04/14/2024 1:54:09 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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The owners buried the coins with the dead but they themselves were probably killed.


6 posted on 04/14/2024 1:55:48 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hey look! The geothermal project is paid for...


7 posted on 04/14/2024 2:30:12 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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They found your Viking mad money stash from your old life in Sweden!



8 posted on 04/14/2024 2:44:29 AM PDT by Candor7 (Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: SunkenCiv

The reverse (or obverse) of those coins seems to have a similar design found on Oak Island, and medieval churches in Europe- the cross with four dots.
Possibly Templar?


9 posted on 04/14/2024 3:08:52 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Some of the 800-year-old artifacts had completely unknown designs”.

Now THAT’S interesting!


10 posted on 04/14/2024 3:57:11 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: ScaniaBoy

Thank you for the information. That’s really interesting.


11 posted on 04/14/2024 4:13:55 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Beowulf9

Arcade tokens?


12 posted on 04/14/2024 4:15:41 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: telescope115

Looks Templar related to me as well.


13 posted on 04/14/2024 4:56:24 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: SunkenCiv

I see the Templar cross with the four dots on some of them.


14 posted on 04/14/2024 5:51:25 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect )
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To: texanyankee
Not impossible at all.

Erik Jedvardsson (later St Erik) lived 1120 - 1160, king between 1150-1160 is thought to have organised a crusade in the East ie Finland and the Baltics of today. His father Jedvard Knutsson Bonde took part in a crusade to Jerusalem. Templar? However, putting gifts in the graves was more a heathen than Christian custom.

15 posted on 04/14/2024 5:54:38 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Thanks SB!


16 posted on 04/14/2024 6:19:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Probably blood money.


17 posted on 04/14/2024 7:47:32 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: ScaniaBoy

A man could deal with living in a landscape like that.


18 posted on 04/14/2024 8:42:03 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SunkenCiv

Their commissary accounts for the afterlife?


19 posted on 04/14/2024 9:23:03 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: SunkenCiv
In total, archaeologists found 170 silver coins dating between 1150 to 1180

Awwww….i want one.

20 posted on 04/14/2024 9:26:09 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Do not submit)
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