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English: 03. Parts of the Hon hoard (or Hoen hoard, in Norwegian: Hoenskatten), a gold treasure found in 1834 in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud in the south-east of Norway: Carolingian bandolier (sword-belt) mount reused as a trefoil brooch, gold coins with loops for wear on a necklace, pendants. The Hoen Hoard is the largest Viking-period gold hoard known from Norway. It includes 207 pieces, of which 54 are gold or silver-gilt objects, twenty coins, also of gold, a necklace with 132 beads of glass or semi-precious stone, two neck-rings, three arm rings, one finger-ring and a trefoil brooch formed of a Carolingian strap mount. The deposited gold treasure is dated to AD 850–875.

Photo taken on February 26th, 2020 at the VÍKINGR – Viking Age exhibition in the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo (UiO Kulturhistorisk Museum) in Oslo, Norway, showing some of the most exquisite objects the museum has from the Norwegian Viking Age. Read more about the objects in English or Norwegian.
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