As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

Ancient coins, Judaean rarities, Roman classics, and more headline Frank S. Robinson’s 128th auction July 13 on biddr.com—with low starting bids and no buyer fee.

Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

Compendium of Roman history. Res gestae divi Augusti by Velleius Paterculus, C; Shipley, Frederick William, 1871-; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D Publication date 1924 Topics Rome -- ...

Opened in 1996, Regano's Roman Coin is a tavern located at 1004 E. Brady St. in the Lower East Side neighborhood. The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in Milwaukee that runs on the east side of ...

From Lydia to Lady Liberty, numismatists love a good story. Many coins are a chapter in a much bigger story of art, politics, and people.

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.

Archaeologists in Haltern am See excavated wall, building ruins, road of Roman military campsite and found typical artifacts, very rare pottery, officials said.

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered a Roman sarcophagus in Caesarea, which showing a drinking contest between Dionysus and Hercules. The find is the first of its kind in Israel.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

Grueber, H. A. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum. Complete in three volumes. London, 1910. Large 8vo., pp. cxxv, (1), 594; (6), 592; (6), 236; 123 ...