The name itself comes from the Latin for “solidus,” meaning solid, which referred to the coin’s set weight of gold at 4.5 grams (0.16 ounces). The 1,700-year-old coins discovered in ...

Related: Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island ... in the U.K. The pendant imitates a Roman coin called a solidus, a type of gold coin introduced by the emperor Constantine in ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000).

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.

A hoard of Roman coins dating from the Fourth century and covering the reign of nine emperors has been found in northern Luxembourg ...

The solidus coins remained relatively stable over the centuries and spread throughout the Mediterranean region, serving as a stable currency introduced in the fourth century, according to ...

The discovery, made near the village of Holzthum in northern Luxembourg, includes 141 gold solidi, coins minted under the ...

The coins, called ‘Solidi’ by researchers (from the Latin word ‘Solidus’, meaning solid), weigh around 0.16 ounces (4.5 grams), each, and came into circulation during the North Roman ...

The effort started when amateur archaeologists discovered a single gold coin in a nearby field in Holzthum village in north Luxembourg. Experts then came in and found the base of a burgus, a fortified ...

The gold coins are solidi, a term that comes from the Latin "solidus," meaning "solid" — a reference to their consistently reliable gold content. The coins, each of which weighs approximately 0. ...