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Spillings Hoard

c. 870 · 9th century

The Spillings Hoard is the largest Viking Age silver hoard ever found, discovered on a farm at Spillings in northern Gotland in 1999. Buried around 870, it contains about 67 kilograms of silver, including more than 14,000 coins, mostly Islamic dirhams, with arm rings and ingots, as well as some 20 kilograms of bronze. It is displayed at the Gotland Museum in Visby.

Spillings Hoard
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Spillings Hoard. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/spillings-hoard
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“Spillings Hoard.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/spillings-hoard. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Spillings Hoard.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/spillings-hoard.
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