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.

The most recent coin of the 13 came from the reign of Octavian's stepson, the second emperor Tiberius (AD14 to 37). It was the latter's nephew, the emperor Claudius (10BC to 54AD), who ordered the ...

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.

An ancient gold coin long dismissed as a forgery is authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor, according to a new study. The coin depicting the Roman emperor Sponsian was first unearthed in ...

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 ...

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.

Emperor Laelianus ended up being murdered by his own soldiers A RARE Roman coin stamped with the face of a rebel emperor who only reigned for two months has been found during roadworks on the A14 ...

Disregarded as ‘fakes’ for decades, new analysis of coins bearing the face of a mysterious emperor is providing answers about a heady gap in Roman history.

A newly discovered Roman coin is shedding new light on a mysterious Roman emperor who may have breifly ruled over modern-day Britain in ...

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.