Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a line of gold coins, which feature emperors, on a black background. When Christianity was becoming increasingly dominant in the ...

Luxembourg officials recently announced that an "extremely rare" cache of gold coins from the fourth century A.D. has recently been unearthed, ending an excavation project that was four years in the ...

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A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain is set to fetch thousands at auction after being unearthed by a metal detectorist. Ron Walters, 76, finally struck gold ...

Archaeologists are studying a valuable trove of old Roman coins found on the site of a former theater in northern Italy. The coins, hundreds of them, date back to the late Roman imperial era and were ...

LONDON (AP) – The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a “brothel token” in Roman London. The bronze coin shows a man and ...

A rare Roman coin depicting Julius Caesar’s assassin, Brutus, sold for €1.9 million ($2 million) at a Geneva auction, far exceeding its €800,000 estimate. Coin specialists Numismatica Genevensis SA ...

A Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, will go to auction in Geneva on Monday, with bids set to start above $850,000. "A numismatist's eyes light up when ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The coin, believed to be the ...

A Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, will go to auction in Geneva on Monday, with bids set to start above $850,000. The Barron's news department was not ...