A metal detectorist has discovered a "really special" medieval seal matrix, with a Roman carved gemstone at its centre. The ...
Though the intaglio dates to the days of Roman Britain (43 to 410 A.D.), the silver seal that holds it was likely made in the 13th or 14th century. Norfolk County Council under CC BY 4.0 Last August, ...
The silver seal matrix - with an impression on the far right - would have been used to authenticate documents The medieval aristocrat who marked documents with a silver seal was possibly unaware it ...
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On a site on Carlisle in Cumbria, England, that once held a high-status Roman bathhouse, archaeologists have unearthed 34 gems, variously cut from amethyst, jasper, and cornelian, and dating back to ...
Boulder, Colo., USA: Despite its prior status as a luxury commodity, silver became widely used for coinage in the Roman world from the 7th century BCE onward and provided a standardized monetary ...
An 8-year-old boy playing in a sandbox at his elementary school in Germany unearthed an 1,800-year-old silver coin minted during the Roman Empire's Pax Romana. Overwhelmed with excitement for ...
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