A massive trove of Roman-era coins — dating back to the reign of Emperor Nero — was unearthed in England, prompting questions about its origins. It was discovered late last year in ...

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, has been discovered in a pot by a metal detectorist in Worcestershire, a county in England. The hoard was buried around A.D. 55, a time when the Roman ...

Some of the coins date as far back as the sixth century B.C. Silver coins dating back to the 6th century B.C. were some of the rarest ever discovered in modern Greece. Greek Ministry of Culture ...

The coins date back to the Roman Imperial Period, which lasted from 31 BC to 476 AD, making the hoard at least 1,538 years old. The hoard was found with a ceramic vessel that was broken, records show.

Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led to her collection of over 130 coins. The sale of the coins was handled by New York auction house Doyle.

I'm Leila Fadel. A treasure hunter with a metal detector stumbled upon a stash of over 1,100 silver coins in Romania. Silver coins date back to the Roman Empire and had turned bluish green with age.

While the coins were buried during Nero's reign, some of them were minted earlier. All but one of the coins in the hoard are silver denarii, a standard Roman coin, that were minted between 157 B.C ...