2,600 Silver Coins Found in Outskirts of Moscow May Have Been Buried by a Medieval Plague Victim
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When the ceramic vessel, hidden deep in the earth for a full 600 years, was opened, experts couldn't believe their eyes. A tragic secret, revealed by a pandemic, emerged from the fact that thousands of silver coins had survived untouched to the present day, and the background of this discovery, which will rewrite history books, became clear.
Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a medieval treasure consisting of 2,600 silver coins, including over 350 coins by a guy who has never been met before. It is possible that the treasure was buried by a noble who later fell victim to a plague epidemic.
Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of more than 2,600 15th-century silver coins in the town of Kolomna, about 114 kilometers from Moscow. The owner may have died during a plague epidemic.
A stunning archaeological discovery in Kolomna, Russia, has brought to light one of the most important medieval monetary treasures ever found in the region. In a small ceramic container buried near the city's Kremlin, archaeologists have discovered more than 2,600 silver denarius coins, mostly dating from the first half of the 15th century.
Moscow-(EFE)- Russian archeologists found in excavations in the town of Kolomna, on the outskirts of Moscow, a treasure with more than 2,600 silver coins from the fifteenth century reign of the Russian princes Basil I and Basil II ‘the Dark’, as reported today by the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “During [...]
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