According to the report, experts discovered jewelry dating from the 10th to the 14th centuries during excavations at the Tiversky Gorodok site, making this the largest find of its kind in the history of Russian archaeology in the country’s northwest.

The Ministry of Education and Science revealed that the hoard contained granulated medallions, a large headdress, silver chains, a ring, a fibula, and a leather diadem.

Scientists also found three coins: an Arab dirham from the early 10th century and two rare Swedish bracteates dating from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.

Expedition leader Stanislav Belsky, a senior researcher in the archaeology department at the Kunstkamera, added that only four similar Swedish coins are currently known to exist worldwide.

Additionally, a medallion featuring an image of birds—likely symbolizing the ravens of the Norse god Odin—caught the specialists’ attention.

Scientists were intrigued by the combination of pagan motifs and Christian symbolism found on other high-quality objects crafted in ancient Russia and Scandinavia.

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