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Estonia constitutes one of the richest territories in Northern-Europe for hoards from the 11th and the 12th centuries. The earliest coin hoards found in Estonia are Arabic Dirhams from the 8th century. The largest Viking-Age hoards found in Estonia have been at Maidla and Kose. Out of the 1500 coins published in catalogues, 1000 are Anglo-Saxon ...
Artifacts of the hoard from Kumna, Estonia [20] Estonia constitutes one of the richest territories in the Baltic for hoards from the 11th and the 12th centuries. The earliest coin hoards found in Estonia are Arabic Dirhams from the 8th century. The largest Viking Age hoards found in Estonia have been at Maidla and Kose.
The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.Both ships were used for ship burials here around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the remains of 41 warriors killed in battle, as well as 6 dogs, 2 hunting hawks and numerous weapons and other artifacts.
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The island of Ösel. Oeselians or Osilians is a historical name for the people who prior to the Northern Crusades in the 13th century lived in the Estonian island of Saaremaa [a] – the Baltic Sea island was also referred as Oeselia or Osilia in written records dating from around that time. [1]
Location (island in brackets) Sea area Manager Ferry service destination(s) Abruka Abruka, Saaremaa Parish (Abruka) Gulf of Riga: AS Saarte Liinid Roomassaare: Aegna* Kesklinn, Tallinn Gulf of Finland: Tallinn Transport Department Tallinn (Patareisadam) Bekker Põhja-Tallinn, Tallinn: Gulf of Finland OÜ Tallinna Bekkeri Sadam Dirhami
The Ubina Hoard is a wealth deposit of silver coins and jewelry found in the village of Salu, Harju County in Estonia in 2005. The oldest items in the hoard probably date from the Viking Age but the hoard seems to have been deposited during the beginning of the 12th century.
6th century – 1203, a series of Estonian (mostly Oeselian) raids and counter-raids against the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic vikings as well as by their later states: 6th century, Gotland Viking attempt to colonize Hiiumaa Island; 7th century, attempted Swedish invasion of Estonia by King Ingvar Harra;