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Golden Staters of Alexander the Great

This spring, a significant hoard of gold and silver coins dating back to the 4th century BC was discovered in Crete. During excavations using metal detectors, archaeologists uncovered gold coins of enormous value, depicting Alexander the Great at various stages of his life. Silver coins of various cities and rulers were also found.

British government to allocate 7.5 million to Celtic coin hoard research and public engagement

The Le Catillon II treasure was discovered in 2012 by two detectorist friends, Reg Mead and Richard Mile, after searching for it for over thirty years. The coin depot, dating from around 40 BC, was eventually discovered in a field in east Jersey at a depth of just over 1m. The Crown later sold it to the Jersey Government and at the same time pledged financial support for its research and education...

Million-dollar hoard: early medieval coins one of the biggest detector finds of the last decade

An exceptional treasure of early medieval denarii from the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries was discovered in the Kutná Hora region. The first coins were found by a woman walking in a field. Archaeologists were called in and used metal detectors to find more. In total, more than 2,150 coins were discovered, probably minted in the Prague mint from imported silver...

Ancient coin box with coins

In Hadrianopolis, today's Turkish city of Edirne, a set of almost 1,400-year-old coins was discovered in a ceramic jar. It is probably not a classic coin hoard - a depot, but rather a period "piggy bank", or a domestic treasure box.

Success of the Polish Detectorist Association: the medieval treasure of the Crusader denarii

A small but historically significant hoard of medieval coins has been discovered just 15 cm deep in the woods on a hillside outside the town of Iława in northern Poland. The discovery was made by the town's detector club when its members, during a joint club thirteen complete silver coins and their fragments, mostly cross denarii.

750 years old treasure of bractheat

In Szprotawa, Poland, a treasure trove of medieval bracket coins from the second half of the 13th century was discovered during a rescue archaeological research. These are the so-called broad Silesian brakteats, which were originally stacked "in rollers" and then put into a tightly tied linen bag.

They went "to war" in Poland, discovered a treasure trove of gold coins

Three detectorists searched for World War II remains in a forest near Szczecin in northwestern Poland. They were expecting some buttons, discarded items, maybe badges and maybe a few coins. But instead they came across an unprecedented hoard of American and Russian gold coins from the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

He found a unique Celtic iris, refused to sell it

Detectorist Michael Schwaiger discovered a Celtic gold coin with a star pattern in the middle in a cornfield on the banks of the Lech River near Denklingen, Bavaria. Only three other irises marked in this way are known, and this is the first and so far the only one with a verified discovery site.

They stole 2,100-year-old Celtic coins made of Bohemian river gold and melted them down

Four suspects have been arrested following the shocking theft of the largest Celtic gold hoard of the 20th century. They were to steal 483 Celtic gold coins dating back to 100 BC from the Celtic-Roman Museum in Manching, Bavaria. One of the perpetrators was carrying 18 gold bars in a plastic bag when he was arrested. It has now been confirmed that their composition exactly matches the Celtic coins.

Kentucky man finds treasure trove of gold dollar coins worth hundreds of millions

"This is the craziest thing ever: It's all $1, $20, $10 gold coins," the finder of an extremely valuable American Civil War-era treasure says in an excited voice in the video. The collection numbers more than 800 coins in excellent condition. A small portion are silver dollars, the vast majority are gold coins, including a rare 1863 Liberty Double Eagle and hundreds of U.S. gold dollars from 1850 to 1862. The hoard has been dubbed the "Great Kentucky Hoard", with a total value in the hundreds of millions...

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