A horde of coins found in Transylvania in 1713 contained several unlike other Roman coins in style and make, with enigmatic features including bungled legends and historically mixed motifs. The four ...

Participants in the Romula Fest historic reenactment event, depicting Roman soldiers prepare for battle in the village of Resca, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Examining the coins under an advanced ...

Scientists have determined that four third-century Roman coins found in 18th-century Romania, once thought to be forgeries, are not only authentic but also the only proof of a Roman imperial claimant.

Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe. But what was the source of all that silver? According to a recent paper published in the ...

This should not go uncommented. Firstly, the coins in question had been considered rather poor forgeries for a long time; secondly, the scientists who did the study only found hints that showed them ...

Applications for the final round of funding to study Jersey's hoard of 60,000 Celtic coins will close at the end of August. was discovered in the island in 2012 by two metal detectorists and bought by ...