Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Greetings all,

In the news, studies show that much of Medieval silver coinage was made from earlier Byzantine Empire coins which were melted and reused:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12271-240410-coins-byzantine-silver

Likely there were some coins first minted in Rome, then reused in Byzantium, and *then* reused in Medieval Europe.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org 
 
 

 
 
 
 


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