Prof Rory Naismith says the silver originally came from the Byzantine Empire - ADAM PAGE Medieval chieftains melted prized possessions into silver coins in an early example of quantitative easing, ...

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 ...

Researchers tested 49 medieval coins, finding the older ones were minted from silver Byzantine goods and the newer ones were made of silver mined in western France. The Fitzwilliam Museum / University ...

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as “devil’s money” at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands. A dig near ...

In a remarkable twist of fate, a fisherman’s routine search for worms near Stockholm, Sweden, led to the unearthing of an early medieval treasure trove. The discovery, a cauldron filled with up to ...

Approximately 20,000 medieval-era silver coins have been unearthed on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. According to a report by the scientific media outlet Live Science on the 11th, the Stockholm ...