Egypt
Two gold coins have been found of Valens who was Emperor between 364-378 ad. The coins are the first found in Egypt and will make a nice addition to the numismatics collection in the Greco-Roman museum.
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- Exhibition: Coins Through The Ages
Luxor Times The exhibition is one of a themed series the Supreme Council of antiquities organizing to display artefacts specific to one topic through Egyptian history. The exhibition will show a collection of coins dated back to different eras including...
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Egypt
Gold Coins of Emperor Valens
Two gold coins have been found of Valens who was Emperor between 364-378 ad. The coins are the first found in Egypt and will make a nice addition to the numismatics collection in the Greco-Roman museum.
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN355007.html
- Exhibition: Coins Bring Great Change
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The Egyptian Museum is holding a temporary exhibition on "Coins Through the Ages". Over the past eight years the museum has hosted a series of temporary exhibitions, the most recent of which focussed on five artefacts...
- Exhibition: Coins Through The Ages
Luxor Times The exhibition is one of a themed series the Supreme Council of antiquities organizing to display artefacts specific to one topic through Egyptian history. The exhibition will show a collection of coins dated back to different eras including...
- Ancient Christian "holy Wine" Factory Found In Egypt
National Geographic Two wine presses found in Egypt were likely part of the area's earliest winery, producing holy wine for export to Christians abroad. Egyptian archaeologists discovered the two presses with large crosses carved across them near...
- Two Fourth Century Coins Found In Sinai
Egypt Daily Star News Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two fourth-century gold coins dating back to the reign of Roman emperor Valens, the first such find in Egypt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Sunday. The two coins were discovered...
- Gold Coins Found In Coptic Alter
A series of 29 Byzantine gold coins has been found in a Pharaonic tomb at Dra Abu el Naga. The tomb was at some time converted into a Coptic chapel and it was within a small column supporting the alter that the coins were found. The coins bear the names...