A unique gold coin struck 2,000 years ago during the reign of Roman Empire founder Augustus Caesar has sold for a £480,000. The gold coin - called an aureus - was made between 27BC and 18BC and ...

The reverse side of the gold aureus show symbols of military victory. Numismatica Genevensis SA The gold coin was “cast not in Rome but in a mint that travelled with Brutus and his armies as he ...

Archaeologists have discovered a gold coin in Jerusalem ... known in Latin as an aureus, shows a portrait of Nero as Caesar. Many Roman emperors took the title of Caesar or Augustus to mean ...

A rare Roman coin from over 1,950 years ... on display at Annan Museum. The gold aureus was made in 63-68AD and is stamped with the head of Nero Ceasar Augustus. It was found at Kirkpatrick ...

For them, the real “Mona Lisa” is Liberty holding a torch and an olive branch, an image conceived by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1907 and used for the double-eagle gold $20 coin in 1933.

This gold coin was created as a tribute to the reign of Augustus. It refers to him as “Divus Augustus,” or Augustus the Divine, who Ariel says was considered a deity after his death.

The British Museum owns the only other known example of a gold Allectus aureus, and no one has discovered a coin bearing his visage in 50 years. An expert from the museum authenticated the find.