The coins date back to between 660 and 750 CE ... Roman Emperor and King of the Franks–fueled currency changes in early medieval Europe. The findings are described in a new study published ...

The coins will now be examined at the Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora, which was the site of several early silver mines and a center of silver production in medieval times. Mazačová said ...

Languages: English, Spanish 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 ...

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 ...

New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first ...

About 200 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, western Europe started making thousands of silver coins, signaling a transformation in the early medieval economy. A new chemical analysis of ...

Three early-medieval stashes of gold and silver pieces, alongside hundreds of coins, have been discovered at a "cult site" in the Netherlands. The 1,300-year-old finds may be "devil's money ...

"Therefore, we assume that the coins were found during the construction of the early medieval dwelling. Our working hypothesis is that the owners kept the coins because of the gold value." ...

It explores the surprisingly complex world of money in early medieval Europe, showing how coins and even everyday objects played a crucial role in trade, power and social connections--much like ...

An early medieval archeological site in the eastern ... a group of metal detector enthusiasts discovered multiple ancient coins in a field in the eastern Netherlands. These artifacts quickly ...

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 ...