A unique gold coin struck 2,000 years ago during the reign of Roman Empire founder Augustus Caesar has sold for £480,000. The coin was one of 22 ever made.

The coin is "very rare" and bears imagery "associated with Augustus' symbolic transfer of power back to the Roman Senate after his defeat of Mark Antony" in 31 B.C., according to the auction house.

Augustus Caesar is featured on the front, ... The fronts and backs of six of the 11 gold coins from the Roman Empire found in the English countryside. (Image credit: Adrian Marsden) ...

A rare Roman coin depicting Julius Caesar’s assassin, Brutus, sold for €1.9 million ($2 million) at a Geneva auction, far exceeding its €800,000 estimate.

A ring believed to contain an image of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, sold for $145,000 in a recent auction in Birmingham, England. The initial estimate was well below that figure.

A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland. The profile… ...

A hoard of 13 silver coins found in a field was probably lost in the wake of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, according to a historian. The discovery was made by a metal detectorist in a ...

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 ...