Subsequent analyses revealed that the coin dates from the time of Emperor Claudius, who ruled the Roman Empire from A.D. 41 to 54. The coin was likely put there as an offering, the researchers noted.

The pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a gold Roman coin with Christian imagery, but they didn't do a very good job. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The coins had been minted in Rome and were silver "denarii", the standard Roman coin for hundreds of years, the statement said. At this time, a single denarius was equivalent to about $20 ...

A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The coin, believed to be the only of its kind discovered in the British ...

"I then found a Roman coin and another with my pinpointer in the same hole." Dunn said that he was "so excited" that he immediately alerted the farmer who owned the land and started digging.

The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one of the largest coin hoards of the Roman Conquest period and the biggest of the reign of Nero, ever found in Britain. It is believed the coins belonged to a ...

The silver coin discoveries date to the Roman Republic and are from the island of Pantelleria, between Sicily and Tunisia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...