Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.
A treasure hunter unearthed a silver coin minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander of eastern England.
When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.
The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands announced the discovery, which consists of 404 silver and gold coins, in a Jan. 27 press release. The cache is a mixture of Roman and British coins ...
Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...
A unique combination” of Roman and British coins was uncovered in the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of Lower Germanic Limes in the Roman’s quest to conquer Britannia. Never before has such ...
Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field ... and are a mix of Roman and British coins. Bunnik, the village where they were buried, was once along the northern border ...
The largest of the coins is an Elizabeth I threepence and was made in 1574 Silver coins from the Tudor ... land in the Ravenstonedale parish. The British Museum confirmed them to be post-medieval ...
Over 380 gold and silver coins sat on Messelaar’s ... the finds as a 2,000-year-old collection of British, Roman and African coins. The coins were buried together around 47 A.D., likely in ...
Silver coins from the Tudor and Stuart periods which ... below the ground in rough grazing land in the Ravenstonedale parish. The British Museum confirmed them to be post-medieval and said they ...
The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British Celtic King Cunobelin were ... managed to find dozens of 1,000-year-old Viking silver coins, dating from AD 1000 to 1065, on the Isle ...