The coin is very rare.
A man with a metal detector discovered a 1000-year-old gold coin with the image of Jesus Christ.
Live Science writes about this.
The find was discovered while exploring the mountains in Västra Sliðr, a municipality in southern Norway.
This type of small coin was first issued around 960 AD. On one side is Jesus holding the Bible, and on the other are Basil II and Constantine VII, two brothers who ruled the Byzantine Empire.
The western half of the Roman Empire fell in 476, and the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman Empire, survived for another millennium.
Archaeologists speculate that the coin was minted sometime between 977 and 1025, during the reign of the brothers, based on the three dotted lines encircling the coin's border, a design element commonly used during that time period. The artifact also contains two inscriptions. According to the statement, the first, written in Latin, says: “Jesus Christ, King of Kings,” and the second, in Greek, says: “Basilius and Constantine, Emperors of the Romans.”
However, researchers do not know how the coin ended up on the mountainside. They suggested that it could have belonged to Harald III, who ruled Norway from 1045 to 1066. Before becoming king, Harald III served as a guard for the Byzantine emperor; According to the Miami Herald, the guards were usually given permission to “rob the palace after the death of the emperor.”
It is quite possible that the coin was eventually used as a dowry for the marriage of Harald III to the daughter of the Kyiv prince Yaroslav the Wise, Elizabeth. According to the statement, it could also be used as a form of trading.
Archaeologists plan to return to the mountain site in 2024 to conduct further excavations.
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