14th Century Danish Coins Found in Field

14th Century Danish Coins Found in Field  http://bit.ly/1XwYS3u

A group of metal detectorists working on an archaeological site in Denmark have uncovered a massive hoard of Danish coins dating to the fourteenth century in a field in the Jutland Peninsula.

The discovery, announced in a press release from the Viborg Museum, consists of a number of coins dating to around 700 years in age. The coins were likely hidden sometime between 1300 and 1350 CE during a tumultuous period of Danish history characterized by civil war and an interregnum that saw royal rule temporarily suspended within the country.

The quality of the coins is a clear indicator that they were struck during this highly unstable period of Denmark’s history. Viborg Museum officials pointed out that the low silver content and the poor quality minting of the coins themselves were unmistakable signs of their origin. Mikkel Kjeldsen, curator of the Viborg Museum, says that the owner of the coins could have had the idea of stashing them away somewhere as a hedge against the unstable times, though it remains a mystery why he never returned to reclaim his coins after conditions improved within the country.

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