A rare 24-carat gold coin almost 2,000 years old has been discovered by an amateur metal detectorist in a field in Kent, England, near the site of an ancient Roman road. Now it could sell for as much ...

Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold coins from the late fourth century A.D. The coins stretch across the reign ...

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 ...

Experts were thrilled to discover the coin on a remote island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago. The coin, which is believed to date from the mid fourth-century A.D., was found during an excavation ...

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands' Cultural ...

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman coins ...

Authorities in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany, have announced the discovery of one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever uncovered in the region. The announcement follows a change of heart ...

A horde of coins found in Transylvania in 1713 contained several unlike other Roman coins in style and make, with enigmatic features including bungled legends and historically mixed motifs. The four ...

While trekking through the Swiss Alps, a hiker came across an ancient Roman coin, buried in the rubble. After reporting the finding to the local archeological unit, a whole hoard of ancient artifacts ...

Symbols on the ancient coin, which is about the size of a U.S. quarter, are an argument for the triumphant overthrow of a brutal dictatorship. Courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica A rare golden coin, ...

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 ...