Ancient gold coin found in Norway

I thought this as pretty cool:

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https://news.yahoo.com/rare-ancient-gold-coin-found-170123798.html

 

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Nice story...sounds plausible.

 

Fascinating.

There are plenty Histamenons on sale in Vcoins (or Ma-shops.com): https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.as...cords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False


That histamenon was minted, as mentioned, in Constantinople, which was the richest and biggest city in Europe at that time.

Here an image from the book of "The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453" by Stephen Turnbull and Peter Dennis. The men with axes are supposed to be Varangian Guards (Viking guards of the Byzantine emperor):




And here are some videos to illustrate Constantinople:

 

What a cool piece of history thanks for sharing !