Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

The word was coined by collector Russell Rulau in 1960 and its Greek roots translate roughly into "other than coins." In England, the equivalent word is "paranumismatica," but you won't hear that ...

Unlike die-struck originals, these moulds suggest a casting method, likely driven by the Drachma’s enduring trade value along ...

Ahmedabad: During the excavation at Vadnagar, which lasted for a decade from 2014 to 2024, one of the finds that surprised ...

A rare and ancient gold coin that morbidly celebrates the stabbing death of Julius Caesar was returned this week to Greek officials by investigators in New York who had determined it was looted ...

Part of Hadrian's 1,800-year-old aqueduct and rare Greek coins unearthed near Corinth. News. By Tom Metcalfe published 16 January 2024 ...

University at Buffalo faculty member Philip Kiernan heard a rumor back in 2010 and went on a hunt for a collection of rare, ancient and priceless Greek and Roman coins. Not in Greece and not in Italy.

A team of archaeologists and other researchers uncovered a cache of roughly 2,600-year-old gold coins that were likely an unknown mercenary’s salary. The gold was stored in a small pot in the ...

Auctions A 2,000-Year-Old Gold Greek Stater Just Fetched $6 Million at Auction, Making It the Most Expensive Ancient Coin Ever Sold. The coin once belonged to the State Hermitage Museum until it ...

The 29 ancient coins from between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C. | photo Greek Ministry of Culture. Of exceptional archaeological importance and rarity is the treasure of 29 ancient Greek silver coins ...

All the coins in the case Wednesday are thousands of years old. At least one dates to around 500 B.C., when Greece was inventing democracy. Each coin has a different person engraved on it.

Archeologists in Tunisia have excavated rare, 2,300-year-old gold coins and urns holding the remains of animals, infants and premature babies from the ancient city of Carthage.