Swiss Metal Detectorist Finds 1,290 4th Century Roman Coins!
Nearly 1,300 priceless 4th-century AD Roman coins, all in a pot, were found in September 2021 near Bubendorf, Basel County, Switzerland by amateur archaeologist volunteer,...
An Ancient Financial Crisis Has Been Discovered… in Roman Coins
Roman statesman and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote of coins with fluctuating value in his 44 BCE essay on moral leadership. Centuries later, this briefest...
Roman Republic Experienced Deep Financial Crisis in 90 BC, Study Shows
In the early first century BC, the Roman Republic experienced a multiyear financial crisis, which we can call “Roman inflation.” But while scholars knew that...
1,500-Year-Old Silver Site Uncovered in England
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Newcastle University, a team of researchers led by James Gerrard uncovered about 30 pounds of litharge,...
Digital Denarius: How a crypto revolution could have saved the Roman Empire By Cointelegraph
Two currency crises two thousand years apart. Modern-day Venezuela and the Roman Empire have more in common than you might think. Both know too well...