Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold coins from the late fourth century A.D. The coins stretch across the reign ...

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Authorities in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany, have announced the discovery of one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever uncovered in the region. The announcement follows a change of heart ...

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into something remarkable. Near Arzachena, a diver spotted metal on the seabed. Curiosity ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

The calm waters nearSardinia’s northeastern coast concealed an extraordinary archaeological cache until a diver’s chance ...

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman coins ...

Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

Two metal detectorists stumbled across a cache of coins dating back to Biblical times in a one-of-a-kind discovery, according to European officials. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands ...

What may have been a Roman soldier’s monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month. British officials recently unveiled the discovery of a 1,900-year-old Roman ...

An archaeological dig has uncovered two ancient Roman coins, among other remains, on a small island that measures just 3 miles in length. The coins are a silver "Antoninianus" dated to A.D. 255 that ...