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 ...

He found the 2,000-year-old coins in 2017 but only in 2025 turned the discovery over to the proper authorities ...

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 ...

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 ...

A metal detectorist from Cheshire may have unearthed the largest Roman coin hoard ever found in Welsh history—and was so worried about losing it, he slept in his car with the loot for three nights.

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Researchers recently identified Roman warriors' bodies stacked in an ancient well in Croatia, connecting them to Emperor ...

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 ...

Metal detectorists in Poland helped discover a large cache of ancient Roman coins, Polish officials announced. The "Group of Explorers" regularly search for metal artifacts and treasures, according to ...

At the end of a talk for the American Numismatic Society on using coins in the classroom, History Assistant Professor Jane Sancinito made an appeal to collectors who find fakes mixed in with real ...

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 ...