Archaeologists Discover Treasure of Byzantine Bronze Coins at ‘Glorious Rock’ Fortress in Northeast Bulgaria
Bulgarian archaeologists from the Regional Museum of History in the northeastern city of Dobrich have found a treasure of 1,202 Byzantine silver coins from the 6th century AD during excavations of a little-known fortress in an area called Slavnata Kanara,…
Archaeologists Finds Sacrificial Altar of Unknown Pagan God Porobonus at Roman Road Station Ad Putea in Bulgaria’s Riben
A sacrificial altar dedicated to the practically unknown pagan deity Porobonus has been found during the archaeological excavations of the Ancient Roman fortress and road station Ad Putea, which is located near the town of Riben, Dolna Mitropoliya Municipality, Pleven…
Archaeologists Find Byzantine (Nicaean) Gold Coins in Necropolis in Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast
Three Byzantine coins from the so called Nicaean Empire, a successor state of Byzantium in the 13th century, have been discovered by archaeologists in a newly found necropolis in the Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. The coins…
Oldest Coin in Bulgaria, 2,650-Year-Old Electrum Coin from Ancient Lydia, Found on Black Sea Coast at Sozopol
What could be the oldest coin to have been ever discovered in Bulgaria and one of the oldest coins in the world, a coin minted by the ancient kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor in the 7th century BC, has…
