Most of the coins are silver denarii, minted in Rome and dating from the time of the Roman Republic in 157 BC up to Nero’s reign between AD 54 and AD 68. The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one ...
A trove of 27 silver Roman coins, dating back to the 1st century BC, has been unearthed during restoration work at the ...
A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain fetched $6,000 after being unearthed by a metal ...
This Roman silver denarius coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton, Leicestershire. It has been dated to c. 211 BC, making it ...
A metal detectorist found a hoard of coins which were used throughout the Roman period. Colin Cole unearthed a total of 16 ...
9,000—6,000 BC: Cattle Cattle ... Macedonian, and later the Roman empires. Unlike Chinese coins which depended on base metals, these new coins were made from precious metals such as silver ...
Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...
In 27 BC, Augustus claimed he had restored the republic ... that senators had to have property worth 1,000,000 sesterces (Roman coins). Senators were also not allowed to become directly involved ...
The first coins found in Britain were gold and minted in France. Around 80-60 BC, production started in ... trade with the Roman world and rich burials. Examples include Colchester, St Albans ...