"The Antoninianus was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at two denarii. "This hoard dates from the reigns of Carausius who usurped power in 286 after the Carausian ...

The coin is believed to be the first gold aureus of emperor Aulus Vitellius to be recorded as a find in the British Isles ...

The reverse of this coin shows 'Concord', the Roman goddess of agreement ... coins is typical of those associated with the 'Gallic Empire'. They are of the "radiate" type and depict Domitianus ...

Noonans offered the Sapcote hoard in a recent auction, in which all of the coins were purchased by a U.S.-based buyer for considerably more than their pre-sale estimates.

The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.

He said: "It's often a way of making more valuable coins out of less valuable materials. Counterfeiting was a crime in the Roman empire and punishable by crucifixion. "It's a time in which there's ...

It was made in the Roman Republic which lasted from 509BC, when a monarch was replaced by elected magistrates, until 27BC, external, when the empire began. The earliest coin shows Caius Serveilius ...

Also known as follis, the ministry determined that these Roman coins possibly date back to the first half of the fourth century (between 324 to 340 CE), per the AP. The coins were introduced ...

"We were shocked to find 90 coins just in the floor outside a nest ... site could also provide insight into the fall of the Roman empire and the rise of the medieval kingdoms of northern Spain.