The year's finds 2001

Gold finds from Sorte Muld exhibited at Bornholm Museum

 
Here we show the year's different finds on Bornholm, after they have been featured on the "latest news" and "new finds" pages.

  

The individual parts of the neckchain

Beads, coins 

and bractea

 East Roman coin from the time between the years 402-450, when Theodosius (II) ruled in the Eastern Roman Empire.
 
Guldgubbe with motif of woman

Guldgubbe with couple

embracingGuldgubbe (hanging)

Silver wafer Beads
Pearls

More finds by amateur archaeologists on Bornholm. This was found by Kaj Pedersen at Brogård, near Klemensker. It is a Roman denarius from immediately around the time of the birth of Christ, when the depicted emperor reigned for a short period. 
 
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 The coin is encapsulated and used as jewellery.
Roman denarius found in Klemensker.


 Sensational find, just come in. Klaus Thorsen is the finder again. 

Circular knob that was attached to a magnificant sword. Was given to housecarls as proof of faithfulness and is from about the year 550. 

 


On Thursday the 11th. September these outstanding new gold bractea showed up, from the follow-up excavation of the area.
It was the same area that the big gold treasure was found in spring 2001. 


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More gold finds from the area around Sorte Muld. 5 gold bractea, 1 coin, 1 bead and fragments of the silver cone.  
 

 

Link to "The Bornholm Amateur Archaeologist"