The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia. Approximately 2,500 years ago, in ancient Athens, the owl captivated the ...

The Greek one-euro coin can rightly claim that it has roots planted deep in history with a story longer than two millennia. Approximately 2,500 years ago, in ancient Athens, the owl captivated the ...

The iconic Athenian owl, replicated from the ancient tetradrachm, has taken flight in the collecting world. Certain Greek one-euro coins featuring this design, particularly those with a Finnish “S” ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...

Ben-Amun According to Miller, the replica coin set in the coordinating Ben-Amun bracelet mimics those minted by the silversmiths of the ancient Greek city of Syracuse circa 300 BC, and depicts ...

Judges in red robes and white gloves convened Tuesday in the ornate livery hall of London's Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths ...

Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods.

Archaeologists have struck actual gold in the village of Holztem in Parc Hosingen, Luxembourg—unearthing a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000). The four-year ...

Alexander the Great was the first person to put his own image on Greek coins, hitherto the preserve of the gods. But he came to consider himself a god which gave him the OK. His vast coinage ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at the location was “devil’s money,” an ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of ... across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...