The antique items included on this list all originate from the 1700s and are worth thousands of dollars today. The Brasher Doubloon is a rare gold coin that didn’t cost much to produce.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

Archaeologists have uncovered a crime nearly 1,700 years after it was committed. A dig has revealed a number of moulds which would have been used to create fake Roman coins – an offence that was ...