Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

A picture made available by the Italian Culture Minister shows some recently discovered ancient bronze coins. A diver spotted something metallic not far from the Sardinian coast that has led to the ...

Luxembourg officials recently announced that an "extremely rare" cache of gold coins from the fourth century A.D. has recently been unearthed, ending an excavation project that was four years in the ...

Italy's Ministry of Culture told CNN that the treasure "represents one of the most important discoveries of numismatic finds in recent years” Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

An amateur diver spotted something unusual peaking out of the seabed off the coast of Italy. It turned out to be 30,000 to 50,000 ancient Roman bronze coins dating back to the 4th century. Italy's ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Spanish officials recently unveiled a trove of priceless Ancient Roman coins, marking the first time the massive collection has been put on public display. The National Archaeological Museum in Madrid ...

An archaeological dig has uncovered two ancient Roman coins, among other remains, on a small island that measures just 3 miles in length. The coins are a silver "Antoninianus" dated to A.D. 255 that ...

A group of metal detectorists searching fields in Księżpol found ancient silver coins, including a rare one, officials said and photos show. Google Street View June ...

The recovered coins are called “follis,” a bronze coin introduced around 294 AD with the monetary reform of the former Roman emperor Diocletian, The Guardian reported. Italy’s culture ministry, in a ...

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the origins ...