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.

Archaeologists in Pakistan have unearthed an extremely rare hoard of copper coins, thought to be more than 2,000 years old, from the ruins of a Buddhist shrine built at the even more ancient site ...

An ancient treasure trove of silver coins dating back 2,200 years found in a desert cave in Israel could add crucial new evidence to support a story of Jewish rebellion, archaeologists said ...

But, “we see in Timna, that at least before the Roman period and probably even after the Roman period, these ancient copper industries were not that polluting,” he said.

These ‘fake’ ancient Roman coins might actually be real. The coins likely date back to around 260 CE. By Laura Baisas. Published Nov 25, 2022 8:00 AM EST.

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to ...

The three earliest coins were minted in 176 or 175 B.C., while the latest was made in 171 or 170 B.C. Amir Ganor, head of the Murba'at excavations team, inspects the coins in an ancient wooden box.

Using carbon dating, the same team reported in a new study, published in Geology, that the copper contamination would have begun around 3265 BCE, meaning the area was occupied by humans 200 years ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered the remains of two more victims of the volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, the site said on Monday.

Ancient statues, coins, jewels and still-intact eggs from Roman and Etruscan times have been recovered from thermal baths in southern Tuscany, Italy's culture ministry said on Tuesday, presenting ...