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

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

Hidden for more than two millennia, the Le Câtillon II hoard is the largest Celtic coin trove ever discovered. But was it a ...

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

In the middle of the sixth century B.C., King Croesus of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or Croeseid, the coin represents a key turning point in the history of financial ...

Athens' oldest coins were created from silver originating around the world, a study suggests, revealing an unknown ancient ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at the location was “devil’s money,” an offering to ...

Count em! One, two, three - anyway... there are SEVEN wonders of the ancient world, so let's sing along to them in this new ...