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1,000-Year-Old Byzantine Gold Coin Found in Shallow Waters Off Turkey
A gold coin dating back more than 1,000 years has been discovered in shallow waters off the coast of western Turkey. The Byzantine coin was found by an amateur diver near Karaburun, in İzmir Province, at a depth of only two to three meters. The discovery was made in April, and the coin was later…
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Ploughing Scattered This 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Silver Hoard Across a German Sports Field
Eleven small silver coins discovered beneath a former sports field in central Germany have been identified as the largest Celtic hoard of its kind ever recorded in Thuringia. Although centuries of farming had pulled the coins away from their original hiding place, archaeologists were able to show that they once formed a single deposit. The…
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Nearly 180 Ancient Coins Trace Hunnic and Turkic Rule From Central Asia to India
Ancient coins preserved in a major Vienna numismatic project offer an unusually detailed view of the rulers who controlled parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India between Late Antiquity and the early medieval period. The digital catalogue, created for the exhibition The Coins of the Huns and Western Turks in Central Asia and…
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2,400-Year-Old Gold Coin Minted During Carthaginian Invasion Found at Ancient Akragas
A rare gold coin struck in Syracuse during the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily has been discovered at ancient Akragas, almost exactly where archaeology and history intersect at one of the city’s most turbulent moments. The coin was recovered during an emergency excavation at the Maddalusa necropolis near modern Agrigento, on Sicily’s southern coast. Archaeologists had…
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2,400-Year-Old Tomb Found at Aspendos May Have Belonged to a Wrestler
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Aspendos in southern Türkiye have uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old cist grave containing coins decorated with images of wrestlers, raising the possibility that the person buried there may have been connected to sport. The grave was discovered in the newly identified Eastern Necropolis, the first burial area of its kind…
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Half of a 1,000-Year-Old Silver Coin of Prince Vladimir Found in Veliky Novgorod
Archaeologists in Veliky Novgorod have discovered half of a rare silver coin issued by Prince Vladimir Sviatoslavich, one of the rulers most closely associated with the formation and Christianization of the early Rus’ state. The fragment was found on July 24 during rescue excavations in the historic Lyudin district, where archaeologists from the Institute of…
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Bus Cashier’s Curiosity Preserved a 2,000-Year-Old Carthaginian Coin for 70 Years
A 2,000-year-old Carthaginian coin minted in the ancient Mediterranean has resurfaced in an unexpected place: Leeds. The small bronze artifact survived not through excavation or a collector’s cabinet, but thanks to the curiosity of a Leeds bus cashier in the 1950s who set aside unusual foreign coins while counting daily fares. The coin was discovered…