The coin is believed to be the first gold aureus of emperor Aulus Vitellius to be recorded as a find in the British Isles ...

A great grandad from Kingswinford has unearthed a Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain in a ...

Hidden for more than two millennia, the Le Câtillon II hoard is the largest Celtic coin trove ever discovered. But was it a ...

This Roman silver denarius coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.

The cowrie is the most widely and longest used currency in history. 1,000 BC ... and later the Roman empires. Unlike Chinese coins which depended on base metals, these new coins were made from ...

The reverse of this coin shows 'Concord', the Roman goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony.Domitianus was probably a Roman soldier of the mid-third century AD who was acclaimed ...

Noonans offered the Sapcote hoard in a recent auction, in which all of the coins were purchased by a U.S.-based buyer for ...

Within the collection is a “remarkably rare” coin of Roman emperor Otho, who reigned for a mere three ... “For book collectors, owning such extraordinary objects connects them to the history that’s ...

Archaeological excavations at Vellalore in Coimbatore reveal Kongu region's ancient trade links and rich history.

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.

Inscriptions on Iron Age coins are the first evidence of writing in Britain.This gold stater coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton ...