The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) [Andrew Williams/Norfolk County ...

In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman ... to emperors. In the first episode she looks behind the steely façade of famously philosophical, strong and masculine emperor Marcus Aurelius to discover ...

No, that date doesn’t have quite the same ring as the Ides of March, although it was only two days later – ie March 17th – in the Roman ... 180AD that the emperor Marcus Aurelius died ...

The silver coins were minted over a period of more than 200 years, suggesting that Roman currency at this time was relatively stable.

The denarii date from the late Roman Republic to the reign of Marcus Aurelius ... The earliest coin shows Caius Serveilius (top row), while the lower denarii shows the emperor Hadrian, who ordered ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council Metal detectorists in the east of ...