748 gold and silver coins from the period between 206 BC and 47 AD, Sixty-three coins from the hoard have since been claimed by three museums and the remaining coins have now been sold at auction.
Four beautiful silver Viking bracelets were discovered on a hillside near the Norwegian farm Årdal in the village of Hjelmeland. Each is unique and all are in perfect condition. They were hidden under the floor of a Viking house that burned down in the 9th century...
Archaeologists have uncovered a richly furnished Iron Age war grave in a cemetery in Kazimierz Wielka, Poland. It contained iron weapons and, in particular, a very rare surviving Roman bronze urn - a situla from the younger pre-Roman and early Roman period between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD.
Last weekend Detectival 2024 took place in Hertfordshire, England. The event, which brings together thousands of detectorists and history enthusiasts, produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in years - from Roman and Celtictreasures, silver and gold coins, to early medieval and Saxon finds, including rare imports, to the discovery of a hoard of 18th century gold guineas. ...
Gold coins of the East Roman emperor Justinian I the Great were discovered during the excavation of a medieval house in the village of Debnevo in northern Bulgaria. The coins were apparently discovered by early medieval builders in the ruins of a Byzantine house on which they built a new house...
A rare set of 27 silver Roman coins from the Republican period of the 1st century BC has been discovered on the island of Pantelleria. It is in the same place where other silver coins of the same period were discovered 14 years ago, and near the recent discovery of statues of three emperors.
1.September 2014, detectorist and former professional soldier Derek McLennan discovered the richest collection of rare objects from the Vikings period ever found in Britain or Ireland. On the exact day of the tenth anniversary, experts made an unexpected announcement - the main "star" of the hoard - a silver the lidded vessel, is not of European origin from the Carolingian period, but hundreds of years older, and it comes from the Middle East...
One of the largest medieval coin hoards in southwestern Germany was found in a trench for a pipeline near the swimming pool in Glottertal. The coins, dating from the early 14th century, were discovered by an authorised worker during routine supervision of the excavation.
In a field near Elsted in the spring, an archaeology student discovered a hoard of seven silver Viking bracelets. First he found one, then a week later he returned to the site and discovered six more. Dating back to around 800 AD, they date from the very beginning of the Viking Age and indicate widespread Viking connections.
At the beginning of June Tobias-red added a beautiful and very well preserved pin from the Roman period to the LP artifacts catalogue. Little did he know that it would become the subject of specialist interest and even win the Find of the Month competition. The pin so intrigued Elmar that he arranged an interview with the finder. At the end of the article you will also find a statement from the archaeologist with whom the finder is in contact...