#numismatism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #numismatism, aggregated by home.social.
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**Exclusive: 'Turk-Kagan' coin discovery reshapes early Turkic history, says Uzbek professor**
“_Perhaps most significantly, the “Turk-Kagan” coins predate the famed Orkhon inscriptions—those of Tonyukuk, Kultegin, and Bilge Kagan—by more than 150 years. This pushes back the earliest known written usage of “Turk” and “Turk-Kagan” to the late sixth or early seventh century A.D._”
#Coins #Culture #Numismatism #Turk #History #Archaeology #Archaeodons @archaeodons
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🔴 🇬🇧 **Detectorist finds hoard of Roman silver coins**
Katy Prickett
_“The earliest coin in the hoard dates from 57BC and is also the most worn._
_It was made in the Roman Republic which lasted from 57BC, when a monarch was replaced by elected magistrates, until AD27, when the empire began.”_
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20dzmnkd0yo
#News #History #Histodon #Histodons #Roman #Empire #Treasure #Coins #Numismatism #UK #UnitedKingdom #GB #Britain @histodon @histodons
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