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

A diver just stumbled upon a bounty of ancient coins off the coast of Italy. Cultural ministers believe the that find could point toward an unknown lost shipwreck in the region. The bronze and ...

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.

"I then found a Roman coin and another with my pinpointer in the same hole." Dunn said that he was "so excited" that he immediately alerted the farmer who owned the land and started digging.

Councillors Tony Wallis, Hannah Appleyard and Richard Forster show off coin moulds from the collection Coin moulds which were used for counterfeiting money during Roman times are to go on display ...

As Roman trade, colonies and shipping expanded across the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said Koutsodendris. Later the ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...

David Dunn took up metal detecting as he was wanted to go out on his own into the fresh air after a long day working as a bathroom fitter A haul of Roman coins discovered in a field in ...

The reverse of this coin shows 'Concord', the Roman goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony.Domitianus was probably a Roman soldier of the mid-third century AD who was acclaimed ...

A metal detectorist from Leicestershire has unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of 50 Roman coins. David Dunn, 42, a bathroom fitter from Sapcote, Leicestershire, was out searching a local ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of ...