Provincial coinage gives us a unique insight into the Roman world, reflecting the values and concerns of the elites of the many hundreds of cities in the Roman empire. Coins offer a very different ...
A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a rare hoard of almost 3,000 Roman-era coins outside of the Roman Empire's ancient borders and far from any known Germanic tribe settlements of the time.
All the 9,274 coins were made of base metal and were probably hidden at a time of turmoil in the wake of the 3rd Century breakaway empire. The "muddy hoard" was taken to the British Museum for ...