๐ท๐ด๐ฌ๐ท๐๏ธ Ancient Greek burial hoards found in Romania have revealed rare silver coins depicting Gorgons, legendary figures from Greek mythology.
A new study reviews two coin collections from the fifth century BC, providing new insight into trade relations and burial practices along the western Black Sea coast.
The coins were found in Tomis, a Greek settlement in Constanta, today's Romania. The sets include eight silver coins from Pharion and four from the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Directed by Gabriele Mircea Telmacci of the National Museum of History and Archeology in Constanศa, the study examines how these items arrived at Tomis and why early communities placed them in tombs.
The results also illuminate trade networks linking Greek colonies in the Black Sea to sites throughout the Mediterranean and Asia Minor.