By James Gamble & Rom Preston-Ellis The mysterious origins of England’s Dark Age silver coins have finally been revealed, shedding light on trade between the nation and the rest of Europe. Researchers discovered the coins – which are as much as 1,350 years old – had both Byzantine and later French origins as politics on the continent changed. The new study found the Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken a century later by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s France. The researchers say their findings could transfor…
