The Tremissis was the third of the standard gold coin Solidus in the Roman Empire. The Merovingian coinage system was centrally organized; however, the coins were minted in a mobile manner ...

This gold coin dates from between 580AD and 630AD. The Merovingian Dynasty was based in ancient Gaul (which is now France) and dates from the middle of the 5th century AD. One side of the coin has ...

From the late-fifth to the mid-seventh centuries, much of north-western Europe was ruled by the Merovingian dynasty.Our knowledge of this Frankish culture is largely derived from jewelry, vessels, and ...

But now a Scots expert is shedding fresh light on the Merovingian Kings of the Franks, whose dynasty rose to power between 481 and 751. While they are usually depicted as illiterate barbarians ...