In ancient Rome, coins were not just payment, but a form of communication and art. The coins can tell wide-ranging stories about politics, resistance, religion, feminism and female sexuality in their ...

Treasure hoard found by enthusiasts is the first containing mixed Roman and British coins, and the largest Roman coin hoard ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins previously dismissed as forgeries – providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact ...

An ancient emperor thought to be made up could be real after all, according to researchers who've analyzed an ancient coin bearing his face. There are four coins on display at the University of ...

A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian, according to a new study. A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be ...

Archeologists have stumbled across a collection of ancient Roman coins in western Turkey. Though the treasure trove was found in 2019, it wasn’t until this year that the researchers learned just how ...

Modern imaging technology suggests a collection of Roman coins discovered in 1713 may be authentic. The Hunterian / University of Glasgow In 1713, when a collection of Roman gold coins was unearthed ...

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A cache of old coins found in a Welsh field were determined to be about 2,000 years old, according to the experts who analyzed them and believe the treasure was buried during the Roman Empire. David ...

A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian, according to a new UCL-led study. The coin, housed at The Hunterian collection at ...