The Trevi Fountain, arguably the world’s most famous, has graced screens for decades, from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” to ...

Scholars involved in excavation of Jerash, ancient Gerasa, discovered an Islamic-period mint in the city. Copper coins were ...

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

Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era in the ...

Over the course of their history, the Romans built a complex and dense network of sewers in the city of Rome. However, only one of them was held in the highest regard. It was the oldest sewer in the ...

Roman coins found at the site suggest operations lasted well into the late fourth century before the gold mines were eventually abandoned. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've ...

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 ...

Let’s look at a few highlights in the upcoming auction, starting with a Roman coin struck 129-130 AD and depicting Hadrian AE Sestertius. A bust of Hadrian, draped and bare-headed, is shown on the ...

Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 ... the monarch continues to be depicted on the obverse of modern UK coinage. During The Queen's reign there have been five representations of Her ...

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. Aurelius ...

The coins bore a Royal crown between the initials “C. R.” on the obverse, with the reverse featuring the inscription “OBS Newark” (“OBS” being an abbreviation of obsidium, Latin for siege) and the ...