An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...

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The dig is one of multiple excavations that led archaeologists to ancient coins this summer. In August, researchers found ancient Greek gold coins in modern-day western Turkey. In May, a woman ...

The gold was stored in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion ... has officially given permission for the discovery of the coins to be made public this month. [Related: Ancient ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th ...

The team of archeologists discovered a "hoard of gold coins" from the Persian Empire ... under a large house in the center of the ancient Greek city of Notion, which was intermittently part ...

The ancient Greek city of Notion ... a small pot containing a “hoard of gold coins.” The team from Brown University and the University of Michigan began surveying every inch of the grid- ...

The dig is one of multiple excavations that led archaeologists to ancient coins this summer. In August, researchers found ancient Greek gold coins in modern-day western Turkey. In May ...