Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

A hoard of gold and silver Roman coins, found near Worcester and said to have been enough to pay a legionnaire's salary for ...

An extraordinary hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era coins has been unearthed near Herschbach, Germany, miles beyond the ancient frontiers of the Roman Empire. The discovery was made by licensed metal ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

reflecting the values and concerns of the elites of the many hundreds of cities in the Roman empire. Coins offer a very different perspective from written history, which usually represents the views ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

An archaeological survey along an ancient trade route in Poland uncovers a treasure trove of historical coins, shedding light ...

An 1,800-year-old gold ring with a carving depicting Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory, has been discovered in ...

but three coins portrayed an unexpected ruler: Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394). This usurper, Eugenius, a rhetoric teacher ...