A unique gold coin struck 2,000 years ago during the reign of Roman Empire founder Augustus Caesar has sold for a £480,000. The gold coin - called an aureus - was made between 27BC and 18BC and ...

You may like Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date ... one type was marked with the portrait of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, with Gaius and Lucius, his grandsons ...

A gold coin ... Caesar’s death is featured on the coin. His name is spelled out on one side of his head. The other side reads “CASCA LONGUS,” another one of the Roman senators serving ...

A Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, will go to auction in Geneva on Monday, with bids set to start above $850,000. "A numismatist's eyes light up when ...

Nearly 300 of the Roman coins are silver denarii, minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D. Some of those coins are stamped with unique portraits, including several of Julius Caesar and one with the ...

Once in Italy, he was at war with the Roman Senate. There was no going back. A carved portrait of Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus, formerly Octavian, wearing a laurel wreath. Image ...

The gold coin currency ‘aureus,’ was issued by Brutus and his friends a year or two after they assassinated Roman ruler Caesar in 44 BC. A Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus ...

Geneva (AFP) – A Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, will go to auction in Geneva on Monday, with bids set to start above $850,000. "A numismatist's eyes ...