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12th Century coins found on Visingsö, Sweden
13 May 2024
Archaeologists from the Jönköping County Museum in Sweden have made a unique find of 170 silver coins in a grave in Brahekyrkan on the island of Visingsö. An initial assessment shows that the coins date from the middle of the 12th century.
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Remarkable Coins: ‘Celtic’ coin of the Iceni
Dr Courtney Nimura, FSA, Curator for Later European Prehistory at the Ashmolean Museum highlights this remarkable Bury B…
11 April 2024
Cope Coin Collection Up for Sale
The Cope Collection, amassed by numismatist Geoffrey Cope, is set to be auctioned later on this year and has been…
11 April 2024
Record-breaking year for coin finds
When the British Museum recently released the 2022 ‘Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) Annual Report’, it revealed that…
19 February 2024
2024 Sovereign collection launched
The Royal Mint has launched its 2024 Sovereign collection of bullion standard coins featuring the first definitive…
04 January 2024
Royal Mint reveals 2024 coins
The Royal Mint has revealed five new designs set to appear on official UK commemorative coins for 2024, including coins…
01 January 2024
2023 Change Checker Awards
The 2023 Change Checker Awards, in collaboration with All About Coins, have taken place, and it’s been wonderful to see…
08 December 2023
Thousands of Follis coins discovered
A large deposit of follis dating back to the first half of the 4th century AD has been discovered in the sea off the…
05 December 2023
Glencoe coin hoard discovered
A coin hoard was discovered at a site in Glencoe, Scotland, during an archaeological dig conducted by the University of…
01 December 2023
