A Hidden Treasure The hoard consists of Persian darics, gold coins minted in Sardis, 60 miles northeast of Notion. Each coin ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A team of researchers led by a University of Michigan archaeologist has found a hoard of gold coins in Turkey that could prove to be a key datapoint in clarifying ...

But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often has bits of other metals in it. Alyattes' coins were standardized based on weight ...