The gold coin was discovered over 300 years ago in Transylvania, but up until recently it was kept tucked away in a museum ...

MiBAC/FacebookThe crack in the stone jar revealed the hundreds of ancient Roman gold coins that were inside of it.

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Archaeological excavations at Vellalore in Coimbatore reveal Kongu region's ancient trade links and rich history.

Noonans offered the Sapcote hoard in a recent auction, in which all of the coins were purchased by a U.S.-based buyer for ...

Each of the 16 coins is a denarius — the standard Roman coin — and Marsden estimates that the entire horde would have been worth the equivalent of a few hundred dollars at the time. "It's a ...

Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...

David Dunn took up metal detecting as he was wanted to go out on his own into the fresh air after a long day working as a bathroom fitter A haul of Roman coins discovered in a field in ...

Elsewhere in England, archaeologists have recently discovered a "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, and a stash of coins worth over $ ...

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of ...

A haul of Roman coins discovered in a field in Leicestershire has been sold at auction for £4,400. Metal detectorist David Dunn unearthed 50 coins, which date back to the 3rd Century, in a farmer ...