Vale of York Hoard
c. AD 927 · Resource
A Viking-Age silver hoard of over 600 coins plus a gilt cup and bullion, buried in Yorkshire around AD 927 during Athelstan's conquest of Viking Northumbria. Its coins reveal far-flung Viking trade.
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Around 927
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Song dynasty (960)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- Chola Empire at its peak (985)