A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...

A dig near the hamlet of Hezingen uncovered 190 treasures at the former pagan site dating back to the 8th century, where the ...

Most of the coins are solidi, pieces of gold currency that were minted beginning in the fourth century C.E. “This represents a huge amount of personal wealth for the individual or group who col ...

The most recent of the Roman coins were made in the years 46-47 ... The coins are not pure gold, but were also mixed with silver and copper. The metal detectors revealed an ancient treasure ...

Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped with the face of the Celtic king Cunobelinus, who reigned between 9 and ...

Their worth is therefore usually a lot higher than the value of the metal they're made from. It is widely reported that only 1,000 gold Kew Gardens proof coins were minted back in 2009 ...

Some of the coins are decorated with the name of the Celtic king Cunobelinus.Credit: RMO Researchers have discovered that 44 of the gold and silver ... the British coins were seized by Roman ...

1852 Type 1 Adelaide Pound: These pounds were the first Australian gold coins, which makes them ... “Dump Struck” with D/2 dies: These coins were made from the silver cut out of the middle ...

and Scottish gold demy and half-demys of James I (1406-1437) and James II (1437-1460). The coins were thought to be deposited at the site in the early to mid 1460s. The coins will now progress ...

The “stater” coins were found at less than 30cm below the surface of the soil amount to 11 years in wages for an ordinary Roman soldier, according to the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.