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Thurcaston (Leics.) Hoard, 1992-2000. Deposited c.925.
This small hoard of twelve coins has a strong Viking character, containing seven Anglo-Scandinavian and three Anglo-Saxon pennies and fragments of two Arabic dirhams. Yet it was found in an area where only Anglo-Saxon coins should have been in circulation, since Leicestershire had been recovered by the Anglo-Saxons some seven years earlier.

The hoard suggests that Scandinavian culture and practices continued for a time after the reconquest in the East Midlands.
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