The gold coin was discovered over 300 years ago in Transylvania, but up until recently it was kept tucked away in a museum ...

Kiernan focuses much of his research on ancient currency and antiquities ... despite remaining in their original 80-plus-year-old casing. A few of the silver coins require conservation treatment. The ...

Walking into the ruins of an ancient tomb in southern Greece, archaeologists inadvertently joined a centuries-long tradition.

On the back of the coin, two squares were hammered into the gold staters and one into the silver ones. Soon after Croesus invented modern coinage, the idea was adopted throughout the ancient world.

How to identify the most sought-after 1932 coin in the United States. More information: The most patriotic town in the United ...

Archaeologists have struck gold after Egyptian officials announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining settlement buried beneath the sands. Dubbed the 'Lost City of Gold', the site has revealed a ...

MAEBASHI--Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are more than 2,000 years old. The coins were tied together in bundles with straw ...

Archaeologists found an ancient Greek tomb with gold artifacts ... Other finds from the 2,400-year-old tomb including coins (1), metal items (2, 4, 5), bread crumbs (3) and glass beads (6).