The island had long relied on gold for currency—but around 660 ... have determined the source of the precious coins: melted-down Byzantine treasure. The team published its findings this week ...

apparently 141 gold coins in total, manufactured under the reigns of several emperors," said Rebecca Usherwood, Assistant Professor in Late Antique and Early Byzantine Studies at Trinity College ...

It's bright gold, it's almost exactly the size of a British penny, and a little bit heavier. On the front, where a Byzantine coin would have had the emperor, it has a full-length figure of the ...

It's bright gold, it's almost exactly the size of a British penny, and a little bit heavier. On the front, where a Byzantine coin would have had the emperor, it has a full-length figure of the ...

It's bright gold, it's almost exactly the size of a British penny, and a little bit heavier. On the front, where a Byzantine coin would have had the emperor, it has a full-length figure of the ...