Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed more than 1,500 medieval silver coins after a citizen unexpectedly noticed what looked like "small metal plates" while digging during a construction project.

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 ...

A Norwegian man recently came forward to disclose that he had found several medieval coins as a child and hid them for six decades – until now. Jan Gunnar Fugelsnes told Møre og Romsdal County ...

Between 660 and 750 AD, Anglo-Saxon England began to revive the use of silver coins, breaking from their traditional reliance on gold. To date, archeologists have discovered around 7,000 silver ...

Some used pandemic downtime to learn how to crochet or brew a batch of kombucha. In Scotland, many escaped the boredom of lockdown restrictions by taking up metal detecting—so much so the country’s ...

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 ...

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A newly discovered medieval Chinese coin, the second ever found in England, points to the possible existence of a vast medieval trade route spanning much of the Eastern hemisphere. Discovered via a ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

The coins were likely hidden for safekeeping before the Battle of Bosworth A MAN who discovered two rare medieval coins has told why the find was extra special. Detectorist Rob Thompson, 61, admitted ...