These ancient coins, ... The word evolved to drachma, the name of Greece’s currency before the euro. Some viewers might be tempted to draw comparisons with modern Greece's financial woes.

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 ...

An ancient coin made of tin and bearing the name ‘Maran’ sheds light on the maritime trade the Tamils had with South-East Asian countries many centuries ago, says a numismatist. R ...

An ancient emperor thought to be made up could be real after all, according to researchers who've analyzed an ancient coin bearing his face. There are four coins on display at the University of ...

Preliminary research and identification showed that the coins were made and used in the dynasties of Tang (618-907), Song (960-1127) and Yuan (1271-1368), Zhao said.

In summer 2016, Paul Scotton, chair of comparative literature and classics at California State University, Long Beach, began leading an excavation at the Lechaion Harbor of Ancient Corinth in ...

For much of ancient Roman history, mints made coins that featured portraits of current emperors. A group of these coins was allegedly discovered in Transylvania in 1713.