For much of the 12th century, Sweden was not yet a unified state. Regional rulers, shifting alliances and religious ...

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 ...

Experts previously thought the first Scottish coins were minted in England, but this penny came from Edinburgh. National ...

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 ...

The coins are currently being analyzed by experts at the British Museum Pippa Pearce/© The Trustees of the British Museum Shortly after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, a wealthy local buried a trove ...

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 ...

A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of medieval coins minted around 1320 AD. The value of the roughly 1,600 coins recovered was deemed enough to ...

The earliest known coin to be minted in Scotland almost 900 years ago has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist. The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a ...

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 ...

A medieval coin hoard discovered in Shropshire has been declared treasure. The 43 silver coins date from the late 12th to early 13th Centuries, during the reigns of Richard the Lionheart, King John ...

The medieval David I silver coin was discovered in a wooded area near Penicuik, Midlothian, and has now been allocated to National Museums Scotland [PA Media] The earliest known coin to be minted in ...