A metal detectorist uncovered Scotland’s earliest known coin, shedding light on 12th-century minting during King David I’s ...

The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a wooded area in Midlothian, has been dated to the second half of the 1130s.

The earliest known coin minted in Scotland, almost 900 years ago, has been acquired for the nation after it was discovered by ...

The earliest known coin minted in Scotland – almost 900 years ago – has been acquired for the nation after it was found by a metal detectorist.

Elsewhere, a medieval loo and a jet die used to predict the future were among the finds uncovered at Auckland Castle in ...

A chance dig for bait near Stockholm uncovered a massive silver hoard, shedding new light on Sweden’s earliest coinage and ...

King Henry VIII and Queen Victoria have been immortalised – on a set of chocolate coins. The historical monarchs feature on giant, 20cm wide coins as well as more traditionally sized ones. Chocolatier ...

In the late Middle Ages, Christianity was widespread in Europe and Christmas celebrations every December were the norm in ...

A group of friends using metal detectors in Somerset stumbled on a buried hoard containing 2,584 medieval coins. Called the Chew Valley Hoard, the coins date from the years around the Norman Conquest ...

Forestry work in eastern Germany uncovered a buried pot containing 273 silver coins from the 11th century, offering rare ...

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 ...

Not many people today can say they have touched a Roman coin from around 100 CE. Reza Ramji ’28, a student from the Classics Department and a coin cataloguer at Princeton University’s Numismatic ...