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Medieval English Coins Were Made With Melted Byzantine Silver
They found that 29 of the stash’s older coins (minted between 660 and 750) had isotopic signatures that matched that of third- to seventh-century silver from the Byzantine Empire. At its peak ...
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Medieval gold coin unearthed in ruined fortress in Bulgaria may depict Byzantine emperor
It appears to be from the Byzantine Empire, and other coins like it are sometimes attributed to John III Doukas Vatatzes, who ...