University of Reading [email protected] This paper considers a new corpus of 490,154 Roman coins (site finds) which have been recorded from England and Wales. The corpus provides British ...

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed a hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era coins in an unusual place — north of the empire's defensive lines.

Researchers have now established that he was a lost Roman emperor An ancient gold coin proves that a third century Roman emperor written out of history as a fictional character really did exist ...

A Roman silver coin more than 2,100 years old has been discovered during a dig near an ancient bathhouse. Some 2,000 items - including pottery, weapons, coins and semi-precious stones - have been ...

The forum was the "heart" of ancient Roman cities, serving as a hub for commercial, political, religious and social activities.

A diver made a rare discovery while exploring a seabed off the coast of Sardinia, Italy: 30,000 to 50,000 ancient Roman coins that may be evidence of a nearby hidden shipwreck more than a thousand ...