Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led to her collection of over 130 coins. The sale of the coins was handled by New York auction house Doyle.

Hoards from times when the Roman currency was being devalued — when more base metals were added to the silver — tended to have coins only from a specific time. More in World.

In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

A British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot more modern currency in his pocket after the treasure was auctioned off ...

Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says. Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the ...