Researchers believe Emperor Sponsian may have been a military commander in the Roman province of Dacia, which overlapped with modern-day Romania.

The early Byzantine fortress Tuida was integral to the defense system, and this was the fourth coin of this kind retrieved from the ruins.

A rare 2,000-year-old Roman coin discovered by a 76-year-old farmer has been sold at auction for £4,700. Ron Walters, from Kingswinford, unearthed the gold coin depicting Emperor Aulus Vitellius ...

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A Roman emperor, long thought to have been invented by forgers, was found by a coin study to have likely been real. Coins depicting a Roman emperor called Sponsian were first discovered in ...

SCIENCE Numismatic breakthrough: Coin study suggests 'fake' Roman emperor was real Researchers examined the coin's surface for wear and tear as well as the presence of minerals to rule it out as a ...

All hail Emperor Sponsian! “Fake” Roman coins authenticated, bearing likeness of lost Roman emperor Analysis reignites debate over existence of 3rd-century CE emperor named Sponsian.

A new analysis of rare Roman coins says the man whose likeness appears on one of them was a real historical figure who ruled as a Roman emperor almost 2,000 years ago.

The coin, believed to be the only of its kind discovered in the British Isles, features emperor Aulus Vitellius. The detectorist sold the coin at an auction for over $6,000.

New analysis of ancient Roman coins long dismissed as forgeries has found they appear to be authentic, revealing a previously unknown Roman emperor.

Scientists say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins — providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact have been real. But not everyone agrees.

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...