A HOARD of Viking treasure discovered in Gwynedd is to go on display for the first time in Cardiff.

Viking silver, which dates back 1000 years ago, will be displayed for the first time as part of the Treasures: Adventures in Archaeology exhibition at the National Museum of Cardiff until 30 October.

The treasure was found in 2015 by Walter Hanks with the aid of a metal detector in Llandwrog. The haul, which includes ingots and coins dating back almost a thousand years to the time of King Cnut.

Fourteen silver pennies produced at Dublin under the Hiberno-Scandinavian ruler Sihtric Anlafsson, complete the find. Eight of the coins date back to AD 995 while the other six were believed to have been produced from AD 1018. The hoard was buried around 1025.

Dr Mark Redknap, head of collections and research in the Department of History & Archaeology, National Museum of Wales, said: “Wales also has its own share of archaeological adventures and treasures.

“The Llandwrog hoard amplifies the picture we are building up of the wealth and economy operating in the kingdom of Gwynedd in the eleventh century. As well as this, visitors to the exhibition will see the Roman hoard of coins and rings from Sully, silver from the wreck of the Ann Francis, which was lost on Margam Beach in 1583; and human remains from Viking-age burials at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey.”