In celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States of America, the Shelby County Historical America 250 Committee is offering a limited edition minting of commemorative pure silver coins to celebrate this historic milestone.

Metal detectorist Travis Nichols discovered a rare 1782 silver Spanish one-reale coin on a Nantucket beach, adding to his collection of over 300 historic coins.

Last December, flames engulfed Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum. Now archaeologists get to dig beneath the floorboards.

Metal detecting in the UK has once again uncovered remarkable treasures. Historical coins and artefacts, some dating back centuries, were brought to light in a discovery that has stunned experts. Each piece tells a story of Britain’s rich and layered past.

The largest coins in the collection are two bronze Roman sestertii from the first decades of the Common Era. One depicts Caesar Augustus but was produced by his stepson, Tiberius, and has a temple on the reverse side; the other depicts Emperor Claudius and a robed female figure, “Liberty,” on the reverse.

A metal detectorist has discovered up to15,000 Roman coins, which could be the biggest hoard ever discovered in Wales. David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, was left in disbelief and said he had "goosebumps" after digging up two clay pots in north Wales.

Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what might have been an ancient Celtic market.

The world is full of coin collectors. If everyone in the United States who has begun an album of state quarters counts, then tens of millions of Americans alone are coin collectors. But how can you collect ancient coins? One noted antiquities scholar has ...

A trove of bronze coins, the last remnants of an ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire, have been discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The coins were discovered by Hebrew University archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar during excavations below ...

A metal detectorist from Cheshire may have unearthed the largest Roman coin hoard ever found in Welsh history—and was so worried about losing it, he slept in his car with the loot for three nights. David Moss,