Credit: National Museum of Antiquities of the Netherlands Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman and British money ...

Two metal detectorists in the Netherlands have found a hoard of first-century gold and silver coins. The rare mix of Roman and British money features portraits of emperors and kings who ruled from ...

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 ...

Archaeologists discovered a Roman coin inside a crack in the ceiling of the Cova de les Dones in eastern Spain. | Credit: A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela & X. Martorell Archaeologists have discovered ...

"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.

Amateur archaeologists discovered a gold coin in a field, leading to a full-fledged search that revealed 141 Roman-era gold coins from the late fourth century A.D. The coins stretch across the ...

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.

Scientists identified a 1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary at Cova de les Dones after finding inscriptions and a coin offering. Photo from A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. Martorell Deep inside a ...