A treasure weighing more than two kilograms of silver has been discovered in Russia, including two extremely rare Swedish coins. Until now, only two of these coins were known to exist, both preserved in Sweden. According to the news agency RIA Novosti, on October 4, 2026, archaeologists from the Kunstkamera uncovered a medieval silver treasure in the Leningrad region. The excavation focused on a medieval fortress that had been damaged by recent destructions. In the northwest of Russia, such silver deposits usually contain only a few isolated ornaments, but this find exceeds all previous discoveries in terms of wealth and variety. Among the jewelry still embedded in the earth were two rare Swedish coins, nearly impossible to find outside of Swedish collections. The two coins from Sweden are known as Uppsala-type bracteates, which are coins struck on a single face. Swedish workshops produced them between the end of the 11th century and the first half of the 12th century. Before this excavation, only two examples were known, both preserved in Uppsala. Stanislav Belski, who leads the expedition, describes them as absolutely unique on a global scale. The third coin in the deposit is an Arabic dirham, a silver coin minted in the Muslim world. Numismatists date it between 907 and 912, though this dating is based on a photograph and remains provisional. The objects from the treasure span from the 10th to the 14th century. These objects weigh more than two kilograms together. The treasure includes several round medallions decorated with granulation and filigree, techniques that assemble minuscule grains and silver wires soldered together. A large ornate torque, pendant-coins, and fine chains complete the set. Added to these are a ring, a horse-bit iron fibula, and a headpiece of Carolingian origin. Researchers consider the quality of these objects exceptional. Their preliminary examination suggests that most of them were not forged locally. These coins would have come from Ancient Rus or Scandinavia and would have traveled to the Carolingian fortress before being gathered in a single deposit. A silver medallion has particularly intrigued specialists. Two birds frame an elongated object, and the hypothesis suggests they are Hugin and Munin, the ravens of the god Odin, on either side of his spear Gungnir. This motif would therefore be pagan. However, the same deposit contains objects with Christian symbolism, a juxtaposition that no one has yet explained in this fortress. The fortress of Tiverski Gorodok is located in the Priozersk district, on the edge of the Vuoksa. In the Middle Ages, these waters connected the Carolingians of Lake Ladoga to Novgorod and to the Scandinavian ports. The mixing of objects from the treasure finds its explanation here. Archaeologists have conducted excavations at the site for nearly ten years. The Kunstkamera, the museum of anthropology and ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been excavating the site with the St. Petersburg-based Center for Current Archaeology. The study of the objects must still clarify their place of manufacture. The four known bracteates are now shared between two display cases in Uppsala and a Carolingian deposit.