The Curmsun Disc is a concave gold disc, thought to date from the 10th century, which was rediscovered in 2014 by an 11-year old Polish girl in Sweden, after she showed it to her history teacher.The disk weighs 25.23 grams (0.890 oz) and has a diameter of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in). The Danish Viking king Harald Bluetooth is mentioned in the inscription of the disc. The disc's characteristics are influenced by Byzantine coins and seals.Curmsun represents the king's patronymic (son of Gorm the Old); in standardized Old Norse, Gormsson. Origin The Curmsun disc was reportedly found as part of a Viking Age hoard discovered in 1841 in the cellar crypt of the ruined church in the village of Wiejkowo in Pomerania (now part of Gmina Wolin, Poland). This location is just east of the bank of the river Dziwna and near the place where the semi-legendary Viking stronghold of Jomsborg stood between the 950s and 1043. According to Swedish archaeologist Sven Rosborn the entrance to the crypt was accidentally discovered by a 12-year-old Heinrich Boldt, who was playing...