Archaeologists discovered a Roman coin inside a crack in the ceiling of the Cova de les Dones in eastern Spain. | Credit: A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela & X. Martorell Archaeologists have discovered ...

Scientists identified a 1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary at Cova de les Dones after finding inscriptions and a coin offering. Photo from A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. Martorell Deep inside a ...

"I then found a Roman coin and another with my pinpointer in the same hole." Dunn said that he was "so excited" that he immediately alerted the farmer who owned the land and started digging.

The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands announced the discovery, which consists of 404 silver and gold coins, in a Jan. 27 press release. The cache is a mixture of Roman and British coins ...

Subsequent analyses revealed that the coin dates from the time of Emperor Claudius, who ruled the Roman Empire from A.D. 41 to 54. The coin was likely put there as an offering, the researchers noted.

He dug down and unearthed a Roman coin. Before long, he'd found 50 coins spread out in a small area of the field. Now, the 'once in a lifetime' haul - dating to the late third century - is set ...