Buried in the mid-11th century, the stash includes silver pieces minted under rulers such as Cnut the Great, Aethelred the Unready and Harald Hardrada

Seven of the coins from the newly discovered hoard, which is the largest of its kind ever found in Norway Innlandet County Council

In 1836, a farmer stumbled upon some 1,850 coins stashed beneath a stone on Norway’s southwestern coast. Likely deposited at the site in the 11th century, the cache easily set the record for the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever unearthed in the country.

The so-called Arstad hoard held that title for nearly 200 years, yielding only after a new contender arrived on the scene in April.…