Silver arm-rings are held by metal-detectorist, James Mather, at the British Museum London, on Dec 10, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Peter Nicholls
A hoard of Viking coins, silver and jewellery could shine new light on the history of how the Kingdom of England came to exist, after it was discovered by a British amateur metal detectorist.
The 186 coins, seven pieces of jewellery and 15 silver ingots were buried around the end of the 870s AD as Anglo-Saxon kings, in what is today England, began to fight back against Viking expansion across Britain.
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