Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as “devil’s money” at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands. A dig near ...

A rare Arab coin was found under the floor of a medieval noble family’s manor house in Poland. Screengrab from the Muzeum Historii Ziemi Kamieńskiej's Facebook post For centuries, a manor house near ...

BHOPAL-A remarkable archaeological find has stirred excitement in Sagoriyapura village of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, where more than 50 ancient coins—believed to be made of silver and ...

Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe. But what was the source of all that silver? According to a recent paper published in the ...

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A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins. Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place ...

Researchers tested 49 medieval coins, finding the older ones were minted from silver Byzantine goods and the newer ones were made of silver mined in western France. The Fitzwilliam Museum / University ...

In a remarkable twist of fate, a fisherman’s routine search for worms near Stockholm, Sweden, led to the unearthing of an early medieval treasure trove. The discovery, a cauldron filled with up to ...

Archaeologists think the coin dates to the first years of the region's rule by the Ottoman Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Hundreds of years ago, someone filled an oak box with a cache of coins. The box ended up buried next to what is now a street leading to a town center in France, and that’s where it stayed until 2021 ...