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, from ...

A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain fetched $6,000 after being unearthed by a metal ...

(Black Country History Hunters via SWNS) The back of the coin. (Black Country History Hunters via SWNS) Mark Hannam of Fieldings Auctioneers with the Gold Roman coin believed to be first of its kind ...

A gold Roman coin found in a field by a grandfather has been sold for thousands of pounds at auction, and is believed to be ...

Ron Walters, 76, discovered the nearly 2,000-year-old coin on land he had been searching for six years in Wall Heath, near ...

Mark Hannam, from Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge, said the coin was bought by a collector from Scotland for £4,700 on Friday. "Even though it's been in the soil for over 1,900 years ...

Mark Hannam, senior coin specialist and auctioneer at Fieldings said the coin was "a genuinely amazing find" and "a unique piece of history." He added: "To find a coin from AD69 is incredibly rare ...