Rare 1,000-Year-Old Coin of King Ethelred Unearthed in Shetland
Archaeologists in Scotland’s Shetland Islands discovered a rare 1,000-year-old coin minted under King Ethelred the Unready. Found during an excavation in Nesting, the artifact offers new insights into trade or raid connections between Viking-controlled Shetland and Anglo-Saxon England.