 | This counterfeit solidus of Louis the Pious (814–840), was discovered in Norfolk in 2024. The imitation was based on a very rare original coin minted by Louis the Pious in about 816. A similar fake coin sold for £36,000 ($48,627.95) in 2024. 22 imitation solidi have been found in the U.K. Perhaps minted by Vikings, the fakes chart the route of the Viking Great Army. |  |
The Vikings traversed rivers and Roman-era roads to cross England as they gained control of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria by 880. Louis the Pious succeeded his father, Charlemagne, as sole Holy Roman emperor in 814.
 | Extremely rare, a genuine example sold for 120,000 euros, or about $141,495, in a 2025 auction. It is the best of the four known.
Norfolk was the northern half of East Anglia, a kingdom ruled by the Anglo-Saxon Wulfing or “wolf clan” dynasty. The 'heathen force' of Vikings attacked Norfolk in 865. Edmund, the final king of East Anglia, was killed by the Vikings in 869. | |
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