MiBAC/FacebookThe crack in the stone jar revealed the hundreds of ancient Roman gold coins that were inside of it.

A hoard of Roman coins worth over $125,000 was found during a construction project in central England. The stash of gold and ...

meaning that the "youngest" of the coins dates back to the fourth century AD. Leicester, the county seat of Leicestershire, was a major town in Roman Britain, then known as Ratae Corieltauvorum.

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

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

Metal detectorist David Dunn unearthed 50 coins, which date back to the 3rd Century ... "The Antoninianus was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at two denarii.

archaeologists have recently discovered a "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, and a stash of coins worth over $125,000 dating back to ...

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 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.