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Emperor Sponsianus, coins now authenticated ?! - Simplex - 11-24-2022
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274285
Just another "barracks emperor" ?
Greez
RE: Emperor Sponsianus, coins now authenticated ?! - Nathan Ross - 11-24-2022
(11-24-2022, 08:21 PM)Simplex Wrote: Just another "barracks emperor" ?
Yes, apparently even the Historia Augusta missed him!
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I've heard some online rumblings about this - some are still very cautious about the new theory. I suppose it's possible the coin is just a very clever fake...
RE: Emperor Sponsianus, coins now authenticated ?! - Simplex - 11-25-2022
Hi Nathan,
...as with other things: "Better safe than sorry!"
Greez & Thanks
Siggi
Playing "Roman Ursupator Bingo" might be entertaining.
RE: Emperor Sponsianus, coins now authenticated ?! - Robert Vermaat - 11-28-2022
A lot of backpedalling going on..
RE: Emperor Sponsianus, coins now authenticated ?! - Simplex - 11-30-2022
News:
https://twitter.com/MPilekic/status/1595930248343949313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1595930248343949313%7Ctwgr%5E3a9072bdaa96a5adbe0b6adcf8672dd20ef8617c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.derstandard.de%2Fstory%2F2000141323005%2Fdie-umstrittene-goldmuenze-des-mysterioesen-imperators-sponsian
The most interesting newspaper report yet:
https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000141323005/die-umstrittene-goldmuenze-des-mysterioesen-imperators-sponsian
Seems that I've been overly optimistic.
