A legendary Danish coin collection will go up for sale later this year after 100 years. The auction house handling the sale says the collection is worth $72 million. The tycoon who compiled the ...
Mark Avery began collecting coins when he was about 10 years old. As a reward for yard work, Avery’s father would bring back rolls of dimes from the bank. Then, he would go through each roll to look ...
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 ...
A historic gold coin will kick off the sale of one of the most valuable privately owned collections. The 1496 King Hans Gold Noble coin is part of the prized L.E. Bruun collection, which is valued at ...
A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the origins ...
Archeologists have stumbled across a collection of ancient Roman coins in western Turkey. Though the treasure trove was found in 2019, it wasn’t until this year that the researchers learned just how ...
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 ...
An ancient Judean shekel coin was sold at auction for $1.1 million. The coin, the first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Romans in the first century, was ...