Cleopatra's image on Egyptian coins is likely her most authentic portrait. Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked ...

It would last only until 30 BC, when Cleopatra had her fatal encounter ... That honour belongs to the Cavafy Museum, a humble apartment in a narrow side street, once called Rue Lepsius, now ...

Before carelessly discarding that loose change in your purse, it's worthwhile examining your coins closely. There's one in particular, the 1933 George V penny, that could come as a costly ...

The most-visited attraction in the UK for the second year in a row was the British Museum, according to official figures. The famous London museum saw 6,479,952 visitors through its doors in 2024 ...

It's easy to assume that £2 coin is always worth its face value ... from becoming popular among sporting fans and collectors of British coins." Renowned sculptor John Wills designed these ...

The coin is thought to be the only one of its kind to be found in Britain A Roman coin that is believed to be the first of its kind found in the UK has sold for nearly £5,000. Ron Walters, 76 ...

Only five complete such sets are known, one of which is in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford ... “When it came to cataloguing the British coins from the Traveller Collection I had to keep pinching ...

On Tuesday, Russian authorities announced the seizure of a collection of ancient gold coins stolen from the Saint-Remi Museum in Reims, northeastern France, after an attempt to sell them on the ...

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...

Coin collectors are captivated by rare and valuable coins which carry historical significance. Highlighted examples include the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar and the 1787 Brasher Doubloon, with ...