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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher Ratté, the coins show a figure of a kneeling archer. This image is a ...

A "very rare" ancient gold coin found recently in the mountains of central Norway could be lost cash that once belonged to an early monarch, according to Norwegian officials. The gold coin was ...

A rare Roman coin depicting Julius Caesar’s assassin, Brutus, sold for €1.9 million ($2 million) at a Geneva auction, far exceeding its €800,000 estimate. Coin specialists Numismatica Genevensis SA ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city. The coins—likely dated to the 5th century B.C.—were found buried in a ...

A metal detectorist unearthed an ancient gold coin depicting Jesus Christ from the Byzantine Empire in Norway. Martine Kaspersen, Innlandet county municipality Approximately 1,000 years ago in ...

Archaeologists discovered ancient gold coins in an unexpected location during a recent excavation in Bulgaria. The five Byzantine coins, which date back to the reign of Justinian the Great, were ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Inside a pot buried beneath an ancient Persian home in west Turkey, Christopher Rattè made the discovery of his long career. The professor of ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology ...

An ancient coin has been discovered that could show evidence of trading between two tribes thousands of years ago. Unearthed by a metal detectorist in Lelley, East Yorkshire, the coin dates back to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The gold coin was likely minted between 241 and 246 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt, archaeologists say ...