It is only the second coin of its kind to ever be found, authorities say. — -- An Israeli hiker found a rare Roman coin that is nearly 2,000 years old and is only the second coin of its kind to ...

Laurie Rimon with the coin. Photo: Samuel Magal, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The British Museum owns an ancient gold coin bearing the image of Emperor Augustus, minted by Emperor ...

A discovery in Romania shows the remains of an elite family's treasures from the Roman era that were scorched in a fire.

A hoard of 5,600 silver coins from the Roman Empire dating back nearly 2,000 years has been found in Germany. The Augsburg Art Collections and Museum said in a statement the discovery was the largest ...

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 ...

Details of a “very special” haul of 651 Roman coins found in the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey have been released by researchers behind the discovery. The silver coins were found in a jug during ...

Over 2,000 years after it was first struck, the denarius remains embedded in our cultural and linguistic life “This is two thousand years old,” my father reminded me as he placed the small silver disc ...

AS BIG as their empire was, the Romans never reached Greenland. Yet that remote island has become the place to go for those interested in ancient economic history. Greenland’s ice sheets preserve ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a hoard of Roman-era silver coins in a jug buried near a stream. The 651 coins are about 2,100 years old, but despite their age, the text and imagery engraved ...