"It's an exceptional find." Archaeologists in northern Spain recently came across the largest trove of Roman-era coins ever ...

Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no signs of wear and likely came from a pile of freshly minted coins, according to the Cultural ...

The 8.06 gram-sized gold coin, commemorating one of history’s most notorious regicides and minted in 42 B.C., went for $4.188 million to an unnamed bidder, according to Roma Numismatics Limited ...

A Roman coin bears an image of the emperor Nero. As for how the university came to possess the set, the school says they were donated by Thomas B. Lockwood some 80 years ago, ...

A Roman silver coin hoard worth almost the same as a legionary's monthly wage in the 2nd Century has been uncovered by a ...

A total of about 300 coins were found inside the jar, and Bonisoli’s team believes that the exact year they date back to is 474 B.C. Furthermore, the magnificent find has some mystery ...

A rare Roman coin depicting Julius Caesar’s assassin, Brutus, sold for €1.9 million ($2 million) at a Geneva auction, far exceeding its €800,000 estimate. The best of Artnet News in your inbox.

The coin, known as an "EID MAR" denarius that commemorates the Ides of March, was minted in 42 B.C. by Marcus Junius Brutus, the man who famously assassinated Julius Caesar.. Caesar became an ...

The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition to an empire. "The oldest coin in the hoard dates back to 152BC and has ...

Hadrian ruled over the Roman Empire during the first century A.D., ... Silver coins dating back to the 6th century B.C. were some of the rarest ever discovered in modern Greece.

Now, experts have identified the small coin as a 2,000-year-old Roman denarius, officials said. Using the coin’s inscriptions, it was determined that the relic dates to about 81 B.C.

The coin depicts Luna, the goddess of the moon, and the zodiac sign for Cancer. Dafna Gazit / Israel Antiquities Authority. A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin, etched with a symbol of the zodiac ...