BYZANTINE-ERA GOLD COINS FOUND IN LUXOR

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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 13, March 30, 2014, Article 28

BYZANTINE-ERA GOLD COINS FOUND IN LUXOR

Via The Explorator newsletter comes this article about a find of Byzantine gold coins. -Editor

A collection of 29 golden coins from the Byzantine era has been found on Wednesday at Draa Abul Naga on Luxor's west bank.

During a routine excavation carried out inside a tomb at an ancient Egyptian necropolis in the Deir Beikhit area of Draa Abul Naga, German excavators unearthed the collection of golden coins.

Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the coins were found wrapped in linen inside a hole found on one of the tomb's decorative columns.

Early studies, he went on, reveal the coins date from the fifth and sixth centuries AD.

To read the complete article, see: Byzantine-era gold coins found in Luxor (english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/97597/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Byzantineera-gold-coins-found-in-Luxor.aspx)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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