• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 days ago

    “It’s plain from looking at the letters that whoever made the die wasn’t literate, the letters don’t bear much resemblance to Latin - they’re garbage really,” he explained.

    This is wild. I love when we learn about history. The stratification of Christianity and Norse gods is super interesting. This is a couple hundred years before the invasion of England by the Danes, so I’m a little surprised. I guess this just shows that culture proliferates in all directions by itself. Fun stuff.

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    On the reverse of the coin is a design that could be a cross or could be a swastika, then recognised as a good luck symbol, surrounded by an attempt at a Latin inscription.

    Time traveling nazis! Who knew? /s

    • LadyButterflyshe/her@lazysoci.alOP
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      Yes it makes me wonder, were they trying to impress someone? Seem cultured? I wonder what their motivation was, and were they copying something they had in their possession? Seen once? So many questions!