Each of the 16 coins is a denarius — the standard Roman coin — and Marsden estimates that the entire horde would have been ...

Out went the old Greek denominations and in came an independent family of quality coins that were proudly Roman. Focal point of this patriotic new currency was the denarius. Taking its name from t ...

We live in an age where people resist and even resent the idea of authority. A rugged individualism that says you cannot tell ...

That would make the gold content of the coins worth about $735 at today's gold spot price. The weight of a silver Roman denarius varied over time from between 4.5 and 3.4 grams. For the sake of ...

The gold Roman coin, which is of the emperor Aulus Vitellius and is believed to have been crafted in AD69, will be the centrepiece of the Specialist Coin auction at Fieldings Auctioneers in ...

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 hoard of 16 silver Roman coins spanning two centuries has been discovered in a field by a detectorist. The denarii date from the late Roman Republic to the reign of Marcus Aurelius and his wife ...

Athens' oldest coins were created from silver originating around the world, a study suggests, revealing an unknown ancient ...