The Havnøy find
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The Havnøy find
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The small
island Havnøy at Rødøy in Nordland was the site of
the largest Norwegian find of English sterlings. During the years 1912-1916,
188 English (and a few other) sterlings
were found while quarrying stone.
The coins date from the middle of the 1200s to the mid-1300s. The latest coin was minted in London in 1353. It is not unreasonable to assume that these sterlings arrived in Nordland via Bergen. |
