Editing Wolin (section)

=== Connection with Jomsborg and Vineta ===
Archaeological finds on the island are not very rich but they dot an area of 20 hectares, making it the second largest Baltic marketplace of the [[Viking Age]] after Hedeby.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Some scholars have speculated that Wolin may have been the basis for the semi-legendary settlements [[Jomsborg]] and [[Vineta]]. However, others have rejected the identification, or even the historical existence of Jomsborg and Vineta (for example, [[Gerard Labuda]]).<ref name="koczy">{{cite journal | title=Jomsborg | author=Koczy, Leon | journal=The Polish Review | year=1960 | volume=5 | issue=3 | pages=38–58 | jstor=25776319 }}</ref>

Gwyn Jones notes that the size of the town was exaggerated in contemporary sources, for example by [[Adam of Bremen]] who claimed Wolin/Jomsborg was "the largest town in Europe". {{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Archaeological excavations, however, have found no evidence of a harbor big enough for 360 warships (as claimed by Adam) or of a major citadel. The town was inhabited by both Slavs and Scandinavians.<ref name=jones>Gwyn Jones. ''A History of the Vikings''. Oxford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-19-280134-1}}. Page 127.</ref>

[[File:The Curmsun Disc - Obverse.png|right|thumb|185px|Curmsun Disc - obverse]]
A golden disc bearing the name of [[Harald Bluetooth]] and Jomsborg appeared in Sweden in autumn 2014. The disc, also called the [[Curmsun Disc]], is made of high gold content and has a weight of 25,23 gram. On the obverse there is a Latin inscription and on the reverse there is a Latin cross with four dots surrounded by an octagonal ridge. The inscription reads: "+ARALD CVRMSVN+REX AD TANER+SCON+JVMN+CIV ALDIN+" and translates as "Harald Gormsson king of [[Danes]], [[Scania]], Jomsborg, town Aldinburg".<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/9647410/A_unique_object_from_Harald_Bluetooth_s_time._2015_ S. Rosborn, ''A unique object from Harald Bluetooth's time?'' Malmö: Pilemedia, 2014, pp. 4-5]</ref>

It is assumed that the disc was a part of a Viking hoard found in 1840 in the Polish village [[Wiejkowo]] near the [[Wolin (town)|town of Wolin]] by Heinrich Boldt, the maternal great-great-grandfather of Hollywood actors and producers [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Casey Affleck]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.academia.edu/9647410 |title=A unique object from Harald Bluetooth's time |first=Sven |last=Rosborn |publisher=Academia |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=10 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201085538/http://www.academia.edu/9647410/A_unique_object_from_Harald_Bluetooth_s_time._2015_ |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="tvn.pl">{{cite news |url=https://dziendobry.tvn.pl/wideo,2064,n/skarb-zwiazany-z-rodzina-afflecka-w-rekach-polaka,234066.html |title=A treasure associated with Ben Affleck in the hands of a Polish family |publisher=TVN News |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=10 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109235431/https://dziendobry.tvn.pl/wideo,2064,n/skarb-zwiazany-z-rodzina-afflecka-w-rekach-polaka,234066.html |archive-date=January 9, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The disc was rediscovered in 2014 by an eleven year old schoolgirl who found it in an old casket and then brought it to school.<ref>[http://www.skd.se/2014/11/21/skolarbete-ledde-till-unikt-guldfynd/ H. Jakobsson, ''Skolarbete ledde till unikt guldfynd'', Skånska Dagbladet, November 11, 2014]</ref>