The early Byzantine fortress Tuida was integral to the defense system, and this was the fourth coin of this kind retrieved from the ruins.

Archaeology & History A Metal Detectorist in Norway Found an Ultra-Rare Byzantine Coin That’s More Than 1,000 Years Old. The gold coin was discovered over 1,600 miles from its place of origin.

Rare Byzantine coin may show a 'forbidden' supernova explosion from A.D. 1054. News. By Brandon Specktor published 8 September 2022 The supernova shone in the sky for years, ...

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Per Naismith et al., 29 of the earlier coins (dated between 660 and 750 CE) showed chemical and isotopic signatures consistent with Byzantine silver from the third and early seventh centuries ...

Later coins show Charlemagne’s influence in the region. Not all of the silver coins were of Byzantine origin – approximately twenty of the coins from the later half of the study period had a very ...

The acquisition of two major collections, that of Peter Donald and Chris and Helen Theodotou, with a generous contribution by the Friends of PUL and the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies has placed ...

The team looked at 36 coins minted during the reign of Constantine IX between 1042 and 1055 CE. Three of the coins show a single star next to the Emperor’s head, while the fourth one shows two.