Here’s an article with photos of the greatest gold treasure found in Norway. Notice the Abbasid gold coins: https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/xl/n...-drammenselva-av-halvor-fra-heddal-1.14435990 This is a find from the iron age, around 300 AD, that shows how prescious metals were kept prior to the Viking age: https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/riksan...nsinne-etter-gullring-funn-i-skaun-1.15482565