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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6321433, member: 110504&quot;]Remarkable that the prototype predates the Samanid issues of the 10th c. CE, which are so plentiful in Scandinavian hoards from Ukraine through Russia and the Baltic countries, to Scandinavia.&nbsp; Single finds even show up in Norse Dublin and York.</p><p>...I have one detector find from Warwickshire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250515[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250516[/ATTACH]</p><p>It was odd that this was found so far to the southwest of any major centers of 10th-century Scandinavian settlement in England.&nbsp; But Cnut gave the earldom of Warwick to a Dane in the early 11th century, and encouraged first-generation Danish settlement there.&nbsp; Hypothetically, the level of wear could account for the chronological interval.</p><p>Here&#039;s a &#039;hack-silvered&#039; one, from a dealer in Estonia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250517[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250518[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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