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The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...
A rare Roman gold coin (aureus) has gone on display at Scotland's only museum dedicated to Roman and Iron Age Scotland. The aureus was discovered at Newstead in the Borders and was struck in AD ...
A rare Roman gold coin (aureus ... that he has conquered the Parthians. Coins were propaganda items as well as ways of spending and saving.” Aureus of Trajan opens at Trimontium Museum today ...
The aureus, struck in AD 114-117, and depicting Emperor Trajan, is being showcased at Trimontium Museum. It has been loaned from National Museums Scotland with the support of players of People's ...
The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.
A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in Wall ...
An 1,955-year-old gold Roman coin has been sold for thousands of pounds at auction. It was unearthed by 76-year-old grandfather Ron Walters, in Dudley in the West Midlands. He finally struck gold ...
A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The coin, believed to be the only of its kind discovered in the British ...
A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76, from Kingswinford, West Midlands, found the coin with his metal detector in ...
A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain is set to fetch thousands at auction after being unearthed by a metal detectorist. Ron Walters, 76, finally struck gold ...