Although the group couldn’t exactly tell when the coin had been made, their line of work—Staples runs an auction house specializing in ancient coins, while Grace catalogs antiques—allowed ...

Adam Staples and his fellow treasure hunters were excited when a metal detector sweep in a field in Somerset uncovered an ancient silver coin. "The first one was a William the Conqueror coin ...

In ancient Rome, for example, emperors frequently minted coins ... Whether you are a seasoned collector or brand-new to the hobby, the history surrounding the current coin grading system is ...

Villagers in Tarsus, Turkey, uncovered an ancient ceramic jar filled with over 1,100 coins while digging a grave. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Kagin’s Inc. CC BY 3.0 An unexpected discovery has brought ...

A metal detectorist who found £4.3 million worth of ancient coins has spoken of his frustration that it took five years to receive a penny. Adam Staples, 48, discovered 2,584 coins depicting ...

A hoard of Persian gold coins - believed to be more than 2,500 years old - was unearthed by a team from the University of Michigan working at Notion, an ancient Greek city-state on the west coast ...

The late 20th-century find of third-century A.D. Roman gold coins and an ancient gold plate, dubbed "The Lava Treasure," is back in the news. Politics plays a role in who gets to appear on coins and ...

That one coin alone was “a find-of-the-year sort of discovery,” adds Staples, who runs an auction house specializing in ancient coins. They quickly found another—and soon realized that they ...

Two metal detectorists who planned to "delete history" by illegally selling Anglo-Saxon coins have had appeals to reduce their prison sentences dismissed. Roger Pilling, 76, and Craig Best ...

Some have even compared the dog to Anubis, the god of the dead in ancient Egypt, who is often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal.