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 ...

Roman emperor Nero began debasing Roman currency around 60 AD by reducing its silver content from 100% to 90%. Over the next 150 years, the silver content was reduced to 50%. By 265 AD, the silver ...

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.

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 ...

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

From soldier wages to political fortunes, Roman earnings reveal how war, wealth, and ambition shaped power in the ancient ...

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 ...

A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University has revealed that bodies recovered from a "war-cemetery," previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age ...

C-note is a slang term for the $100 banknote in U.S. currency. The C in C-note refers to the Roman numeral for 100, which was printed on $100 bills at one time.