Rare Roman coin fetches nearly £5,000 at auction
76-year-old Ron Walters found the coin with his metal detector in a field near Dudley last year.
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Roman Empire
Territory ruled by Rome and period of Roman history
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of effective sole rule in 27 BC. The western empire collapsed in 476 AD, but the eastern empire lasted until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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