A collection of rare ancient Greek coins which has been hidden away for two decades is expected to sell for millions of dollars when it goes up for auction in New York on Wednesday. The Prospero ...
A recent acquisition by the University Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of more than 800 coins from medieval Greece will help researchers deepen their knowledge about a ...
One of the coins depicts a Roman emperor who reigned for only three months; Otho who was in power in A.D. 69. Some of the Greek coins were minted in the most powerful city-states of the ancient world, ...
Greece will honor the winner of the first modern Olympic marathon, Spyridon “Spyros” Louis, with a commemorative €2 coin (worth about $2.28) to be released later this fall, marking the 75th ...
In ancient Greece and Rome, one use of gold coins was to pay the monthly wages of the military. If only those soldiers knew how valuable their pocket change would eventually become. Today, the Museum ...
An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...
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