A 30-year-old British man with a metal detector came across a small 24-carat gold coin the size of a penny this past March. Yesterday, it sold at auction for $700,000. The 1,700-year-old coin, an ...

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 ...

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 historic gold coin will kick off the sale of one of the most valuable privately owned collections. The 1496 King Hans Gold Noble coin is part of the prized L.E. Bruun collection, which is valued at ...

LONDON, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In partnership with Apollo Art Auctions, The Coin Cabinet will hold Kallista III, the third instalment in its series of printed ancient-coin auctions, on ...

Symbols on the ancient coin, which is about the size of a U.S. quarter, are an argument for the triumphant overthrow of a brutal dictatorship. Courtesy of Numismatica Ars Classica A rare golden coin, ...

September 8th Event to Feature Over 350 Coins Spanning Multiple Ancient Civilizations VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, UNITED STATES, September 5, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Blue ...

An ancient Judean shekel coin was sold at auction for $1.1 million. The coin, the first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Romans in the first century, was ...

A rare ancient gold coin marking the 44 BC slaying of Roman noble Julius Caesar will be sold at auction on May 30 in Zurich and is expected to fetch more than £1.5 million (US$2 million). Called the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Beale, the owner and managing director of Roma Numismatics, a London-based auction house that dealt in ancient coins, was ...

A British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot more modern currency in his pocket after the treasure was auctioned off for ...