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It is the greatest Viking hoard of treasure to be discovered in Britain for more than 150 years.
And now it's been cleaned and prepared for display in York and London - it has revealed its stories.
There are coins from Afghanistan and northern Russia. Britain in the tenth century was part of a globalised trading system.
The hoard lay buried for more than 1000 years
There is one coin featuring Athelstan, the King of England. Experts believe this means it was from 927-8.
This was the time when Viking Northumbria was conquered and the birth of what was to be the Kingdom of England.
Athelstan is also described as King of Britain. He was, it appears, claiming overlordship over Scotland and Wales as well as England. A matter that other Kings may well have disagreed with.
A coin featuring St Peter but also the hammer of Thor. It's evidence that worshippers of Thor were being encouraged to Christianise their allegiance by switching the Scandanavian god for Peter.