A treasure hunter unearthed a silver coin minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander of eastern England.

When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands' Cultural ...

In total, the treasure trove included 404 coins. Most of these were Roman silver denarii minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D., experts said. One of the more unique silver coins came from modern-day ...

If you've got a pile of old ... coins were melted down to settle war debts," the experts wrote in an online blog. "Today, they’re a testament to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." The ...

David Dunn, a plumber from Sapcote, Leicestershire, is auctioning off 50 coins that he found while metal detecting in summer 2023. The hoard dates back to Ancient Rome.

Coroner Margaret Taylor declared the find treasure because "the hoard contains more than one silver coin of precious metal and is over 300 years old ... The British Museum confirmed them to ...

Experts have put a spotlight on a little-known British coin ... One side of the coin features a young head portrait of Queen Victoria, who was just 18 years old when she became a monarch.

The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands announced the discovery, which consists of 404 silver and gold coins, in a Jan. 27 press release. The cache is a mixture of Roman and British coins ...

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have unearthed a rare collection of gold and silver coins dating back nearly 2,000 years. The hoard, consisting of 404 coins, includes a mix of Roman and ...