The silver used to make the older coins dating back between A.D. 660 and 750 was mined in the eastern Mediterranean region somewhere within the Byzantine Empire, which was an unexpected discovery.

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

As the Eastern Roman Empire emerged after the fall of the West, Byzantine coins were mainly comprised of two types of gold solidus coins and a range of bronze coins with clear values. At the time of ...

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 ...

South of the monastery, a Byzantine farmhouse was uncovered, featuring a rectangular watchtower with a window. Paran describes, “On the floor was a coin dated to the first half of the sixth ...