Each Greek and Roman coin is a window into ancient history. This video uses a selection of especially intriguing coins to explore how numismatic evidence illuminates the classical world.

A collection of rare ancient Greek coins which has been hidden away for two decades is expected to sell for millions of dollars when it goes up for auction in New York on Wednesday. The Prospero ...

At the end of a talk for the American Numismatic Society on using coins in the classroom, History Assistant Professor Jane Sancinito made an appeal to collectors who find fakes mixed in with real ...

In a nondescript Lombard office building, pieces of ancient Greek history were returned on Wednesday to their rightful owner. "These coins are very important to our cultural heritage," a beaming ...

A trove of 29 rare coins was recently unearthed in Greece, some of which were minted during the ancient Olympic Games, officials said. The pieces were discovered during an archaeological excavation in ...

NEW YORK — Some ancient coins are being returned to Greece after the New York prosecution of a prominent collector from Rhode Island. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and Greek officials ...

A cache of Byzantine-era gold coins and pearl-inlaid earrings dating back over 1,500 years was unearthed by archaeologists at the ancient city of Hippos in Israel.

An ancient Greek city in modern-day western Turkey was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. Researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher ...

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 Greece, ...

CHICAGO (CN) - A coin dealer charged a collector $410,000 for a phony ancient Greek decadrachm and refused to refund the money, the collector claims in Cook County Court. Harlan Berk sued Steve ...