The discovery happened on a Mediterranean island near Sicily. The coins were possibly hidden due to a pirate attack more than 2000 years ago. These coins were minted between 94 and 74 B.C. At that ...

The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the origins estimated to be somewhere between 94 B.C. and 74 B.C. Archaeologists found the coins "hidden in a hole in the wall" while ...

Supported by By Elaine Sciolino Photographs by Leandro Colantoni Reporting from Palermo, Sicily ... an old jacaranda tree had stretched its roots through the building’s thick stone wall into ...