Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

Archeologists recently discovered over 40,000 Roman-era coins during a dig in a French village. The treasure trove of ancient ...

A picture made available by the Italian Culture Minister shows some recently discovered ancient bronze coins. A diver spotted something metallic not far from the Sardinian coast that has led to the ...

Archaeologists in France found a hidden hoard of Roman coins buried beneath a village with ancient roots.

Archaeologists in a small French village have uncovered a buried jar packed with tens of thousands of Roman coins, a discovery that turns an ordinary storage vessel into a frozen snapshot of everyday ...

An excavation in a small French village reveals three jars with thousands of Roman coins.

Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments, an organization dedicated to the protection of ancient artifacts in Poland, revealed the discovery of various treasures, including silver coins, and among ...

Italy's Ministry of Culture told CNN that the treasure "represents one of the most important discoveries of numismatic finds in recent years” Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

An amateur diver spotted something unusual peaking out of the seabed off the coast of Italy. It turned out to be 30,000 to 50,000 ancient Roman bronze coins dating back to the 4th century. Italy's ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Metal detectorists in Poland helped discover a large cache of ancient Roman coins, Polish officials announced. The "Group of Explorers" regularly search for metal artifacts and treasures, according to ...

In a quiet corner of rural France, archaeologists have just uncovered a buried fortune: three ceramic jugs packed with around ...