The Fyrunga
In 1951 a treasure was discovered in Fyrunga on the Vara plain in Västergötland. Farmer Bruno Carlsson had ploughed his field in the spring and saw something that glittered in the earth. Over the years silver coins have been found several times in the field and here are ten of them. They all date from about the year 1000. Six of the coins are round and four are clipped. Clipping coins into pieces was how people gave change at that time.Some of these coins have the portrait of Conrad II, an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, on the obverse (front). Others feature a bishop, Bishop Bernold, who was appointed by Conrad II. Some of the coins are called Otto-Adelheid-Pfennig, named after Otto III, another Holy Roman emperor. The youngest coins were struck in Lund in about 1050 for the Danish king Svend Estridsen.The coins are all about 1.9 cm in diameter. Their weight varies from 0.35 grams to 1.52 grams.
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