A medieval gold ring found in Norfolk could fetch up to £8,000 at auction. The gold posy ring dates back to the 13th or 14th century. It is inscribed with a mixture of Roman and Lombardic forms, ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

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

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 ...

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The pair pinpointed a nearly 600-year-old treasure of 30 gold and silver coins that were minted in the fifteenth century.

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

The Royal Mint has revealed some of the rarest coins to enter circulation during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Rare coins to look out for in your change include a coveted Kew Gardens 50p and a ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: ...

The first coins were struck in the British Isles 2000 years ago using designs copied from Greek coins. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the Roman coinage system was introduced. After ...

Mary’s father, James II, had fled England in 1688 during events described as the ‘Glorious Revolution’. James’s Roman Catholic sympathies and belief in the divine right of the Crown, resulted in ...