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Treasure of silver coins under the church floor

A treasure trove of over a thousand silver coins from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries was discovered in the Church of St. Andrew in Barczew, Poland. The coins were stored in a glazed ceramic cup; they filled it to the brim. It has now been presented in the Archdiocesan Museum of Warmia.

A ticket for a 2,000-year-old coin? It's like time travel.

The unusual story of an ancient coin has intrigued experts at Leeds Museums and Galleries. The journey of the tiny coin, which was used to pay for bus fares, began more than two thousand years ago in ancient Carthage.

40,000 Roman coins under the floor of the house. A depot that wasn't a classic treasure

In the French village of Senon, an extraordinary hoard of more than 40,000 Roman coins was discovered during archaeological research prior to the construction of a house, stored in three ceramic vessels under the floors of the former houses. The find, dating back to the end of the 3rd century AD, is interesting not only in its extent but also in its interpretation. According to archaeologists, it was not a classic hidden treasure, but rather a system of successive storage and collection of money within the household.

Gold from the Russian Revolution: hundreds of gold coins discovered in the foundations of a house

A rare treasure from the tumultuous period of the end of the Tsarist empire has been discovered during archaeological research in Torzhok, northwest Russia. Under the foundations of a historic house lay a ceramic vessel filled with hundreds of gold coins worth over 10.5 million crowns.

A history professor found an Iron Age treasure. Gold coins can fetch hundreds of thousands

A British history professor has discovered a rare Iron Age treasure while searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It is the largest set of Celtic gold coins ever found from the reign of King Dubnovellaun.

While working in the field, they ploughed up a 17th century silver treasure

Farmers in Poland made an extraordinary discovery during last year's agricultural work. In their own field, they came across a collection of silver coins, small jewellery and other artefacts from the 17th century.

One extra dot = triple the price. Detectorist finds unique Celtic coin from the Iron Age

The coin was discovered by a prospector with a metal detector near Lelley Hull in East Yorkshire. It is an extremely rare gold staters of the Corieltavi tribe, of the "Five-Pellet Domino" type, dating between 50-10 BC. It was auctioned on Thursday for three times the price of a regular four-pellet staters.

Gold and silver Celtic coins found with a detector in Switzerland

Two Celtic gold coins were found near the Swiss village of Arisdorf on the Bärenfels hill. They date from the 3rd century BC and are the oldest coins in what is now Switzerland. Their discovery was preceded by the two-year-old discovery of a hoard of silver coins dating back to the 1st century BC.

Thousands of Roman coins in three containers under the floors of three houses

Archaeologists in Senon, France, have discovered three large depots of coins from the turn of the 3rd and 4th centuries. The coins were stored in containers in three houses in carefully prepared pits. Collectively, they number in the thousands. The discovery is unique not only in the quantity of coins, but especially in the context: these are not hastily deposited depots, but exceptionally documented long-term financial stocks.

Three gold coins of the three Roman emperors

Three rare gold coins of three different emperors were discovered in Aquileia, Italy. They are in an exceptionally well-preserved condition. They were probably medallions, commemorative coins given by the emperors to someone for merit.

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